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Sources, Instream Transport, and Trends of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sediment in the Lower Tennessee River Basin, 1980-96

Table 5. Nitrogen inputs for major hydrologic units in the lower Tennessee River Basin


[Inputs reported in tons per year of nitrogen; unit-area inputs reported in tons per square mile per year; -, negative number because crop harvest represents a nutrient sink; balance of land-phase input is calculated as the sum of inputs from fertilizer application, nitrogen fixation, and livestock waste, minus removal as crop harvest]

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		                       Stream input		                         Land-phase input
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								                                                                     Balance of
		                        Wastewater    Atmospheric     Fertilizer       Nitrogen	    Harvest (crop)    Livestock	     land-phase
  		                        discharge     deposition     application       fixation	        uptake)	        waste	   input to agri-	
     Major hydrologic unit           (1995 or 1992)	(1992)	        (1991)	        (1992)	        (1992)	        (1992)	   cultural land  
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  Hydrologic                                   Unit          Unit             Unit           Unit             Unit           Unit            Unit     
    unit		                       area	     area	      area	     area	      area	     area	     area
    code	    Name	      Input    input  Input  input    Input   input   Input  input    Input   input   Input  input  Input    input  
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 06020001  Area contributing to         34    0.073    880    1.9      540     1.1      68    0.14     -440   -0.94   1,300   2.7   1,500      3.1
             Nickajack Reservoir

 06020004  Sequatchie River basin       13     .021  1,100    1.8      860     1.5     200     .34     -970   -1.6    1,300   2.2   1,400      2.3

 06030001  Area contributing to        330     .16   3,900    2.0    6,400     3.2   1,900     .93   -5,900   -2.9   14,000   7.0  16,000      8.2
             Guntersville Reservoir

 06030002  Area contributing to      7,400    2.5    5,500    1.9   16,000     5.6   3,500    1.2   -10,500   -3.6   13,000   4.6  22,000      7.7
             Wheeler Reservoir

 06030003  Upper Elk River basin       130     .10   2,300    1.8    6,000     4.6   1,500    1.2    -6,100   -4.8    7,700   6.0   9,000      7.0

 06030004  Lower Elk River basin        36     .038  1,800    1.8    3,000     3.1     410     .43   -2,500   -2.6    4,500   4.7   5,400      5.6

 06030005  Area contributing to        930     .41   4,100    1.8   10,000     4.5   1,000     .44   -4,800   -2.1    6,900   3.0  13,000      5.9
             Pickwick/Wilson Reservoir

 06030006  Bear Creek basin	        39     .042  1,700    1.8    1,300     1.4     220     .23     -790    -.83   3,500   3.7   4,200      4.5

 06040001  Area contributing to upper   72     .035  3,300    1.6    3,700     1.8     960     .46   -3,700   -1.7    3,700   1.8   4,700      2.3
             Kentucky Reservoir

 06040002  Upper Duck River basin      190     .16   2,100    1.8    4,400     3.7     920     .78   -5,000   -4.2    8,000   6.8   8,300      7.0

 06040003  Lower Duck River basin      130     .088  2,600    1.7    2,500     1.6     450     .30   -3,300   -2.2    4,300   2.8   3,900      2.6

 06040004  Buffalo River basin	        37     .049  1,300    1.7    1,900     2.5     180     .24   -1,600   -2.1    1,200   1.6   1,700      2.3

 06040005  Area contributing to lower  290     .16   2,900    1.6    3,500     1.9   1,000     .55   -3,900   -2.1    2,800   1.5   3,400      1.8
             Kentucky Reservoir

 06040006  Area contributing to      3,800    5.5    1,100    1.6    7,300    10     2,800    4.0    -8,500  -12      2,500   3.6   4,100      5.9
	     below Kentucky Dam
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