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

Table 6. Phosphorus and sediment inputs for major hydrologic units in the lower Tennessee River Basin


[Inputs reported in tons per year; unit-area inputs reported in tons per square mile per year; --, not estimated; -, negative number because crop harvest represents a nutrient sink; balance of land-phase input calculated as the sum of inputs from fertilizer application and livestock waste, minus removal as crop harvest; rates of soil erosion by wind and water on cropland (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 1997) were multiplied by area of cropland in the major hydrologic unit]

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                                                                                   Phosphorus
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		                       Stream input		                         Land-phase input                                               Sediment
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								                                                                     Balance of
		                        Wastewater    Atmospheric     Fertilizer       Nitrogen	    Harvest (crop)    Livestock	     land-phase      Soil erosion
  		                        discharge     deposition     application       fixation	        uptake)	        waste	   input to agri-     by wind and
     Major hydrologic unit           (1995 or 1992)	(1992)	        (1991)	        (1992)	        (1992)	        (1992)	   cultural land      water (1992)
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  Hydrologic                                   Unit          Unit             Unit           Unit             Unit           Unit            Unit              Unit
    unit		                       area	     area	      area	     area	      area	     area	     area              area
    code	    Name	      Input    input  Input  input    Input   input   Input  input    Input   input   Input  input  Input    input    Input    input
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 06020001   Area contributing to       8.1     0.017	--     --        110   0.24	--     --	 -51  -0.11	400   0.85    460     0.97 	   --	  --
              Nickajack Reservoir

 06020004   Sequatchie River basin     3.0	.0050	--     --	 220	.38	--     --	-110   -.19	390    .67    500      .85     30,000	  51

 06030001   Area contributing to      71	.036	--     --      1,100	.55	--     --	-700   -.35   4,500   2.2   4,900     2.4     570,000	 290
              Guntersville Reservoir

 06030002   Area contributing to     300	.11	--     --      2,800    .96	--     --     -1,300   -.44   4,000   1.4   5,500     1.9   1,600,000	 540
              Wheeler Reservoir

 06030003   Upper Elk River basin     30	.023	--     --      1,500   1.2	--     --	-760   -.59   2,300   1.8   3,000     2.4     230,000	 180

 06030004   Lower Elk River basin      8.5	.0088	--     --	 690	.71	--     --	-300   -.31   1,300   1.4   1,700     1.8     110,000	 120

 06030005   Area contributing to     130	.059	--     --      1,800	.80	--     --	-610   -.27   2,100    .94  3,300     1.5   1,100,000	 460
              Pickwick/Wilson
              Reservoirs

 06030006   Bear Creek basin	      10	.010	--     --	 200	.21	--     --	 -92   -.10   1,100   1.1   1,200     1.2      74,000	  78

 06040001   Area contributing to      17	.0081	--     --	 930	.45	--     --	-450   -.21   1,400    .67  1,900      .90    130,000	  63
              upper Kentucky
              Reservoir

 06040002   Upper Duck River basin    40	.034	--     --      1,100	.95	--     --	-580   -.49   2,300   1.9   2,800     2.4     160,000	 140

 06040003   Lower Duck River basin    31	.021	--     --	 640	.42	--     --	-400   -.26   1,300    .85  1,600     1.0     110,000	  70

 06040004   Buffalo River basin	       9.1	.012	--     --	 490	.64	--     --	-200   -.26	400    .53    690      .91     74,000	  97

 06040005   Area contributing to      33	.018	--     --	 860	.47	--     --	-500   -.27	960    .52  1,300      .72    100,000	  55
              lower Kentucky
              Reservoir

06040006    Area contributing to      72	.10	--     --      1,600   2.3	--     --     -1,100  -1.5	840   1.2   1,400     2.0     210,000	 300
               below Kentucky Dam
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