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What is the year was Lake Erie founded?
1669
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What is the cause of the "Mistake On The Lake"?
due to the high amounts of phosphorus and nitrogen in the water.
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Who founded Lake Erie?
French explorer Louis Joliet.
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What is the location the pollutants came from?
the heavy industry that lined its shores in Cleveland and other cities.
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What is the length of Lake Erie?
Two hundred and ten miles
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What is the cause of massive fish kills in the lake?
lack of oxygen in the water
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What is the war that secured the south shore of the lake for the U.S?
The war of 1812
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What is major contributor to the creation of danger zones
fertilizer run-off from farmland
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what is the year Ohio's Cuyahoga river catch fire?
In 1969
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What is Eutrophication
the over-enrichment of water by nutrients such as nitrogen phosphorous
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