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Fresh Water

Recommended Links

Environment Canada

You can access the marine forecasts and buoy reports for any region in Canada at this site.

See a demonstration of an innovative approach to cleaning up chlorinated solvents using vitamin B12 (text and video).

Learn about water with this series of fact sheets detailing the quantity of water in Canada, water quality, how water is used in various industries and how water is managed.

Natural Resources Canada

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about Canada's major drainage regions, areas that drain all precipitation as a runoff or base flow (groundwater sources) into a particular river or set of rivers.

Learn crucial facts about drinking water in an outdoor setting, including extensive detail about purification methods.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Visit the experimental lakes area, where scientists are trying to replicate potential environmental risks, such as acidification and flooding that usually occur on a much larger scale (text and video).

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Find out how the Mi'Kmaq community and modern scientists are working together to research the Bras d'Or lakes, one of the most complex and delicate ecosystems in the world (text and video).

Natural Resources Canada

Review Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about floods that have occurred in Canada, including flash floods, freshet and outburst floods.

Natural Resources Canada

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about freshwater, including where it can be found and how it is used and consumed.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Find information offered by the institute that serves as a focal point of scientific research and fishery, fish habitat and oceans management in the Central and Arctic Region.

Environment Canada

Check out this video about the role of green technologies in reducing groundwater pollution.

Natural Resources Canada

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about groundwater beneath the surface of the earth, which is more plentiful in Canada than water found on the surface.

Environment Canada

Describes what wetlands are, what types of wetlands there are, where they are located and how they fit into the cycle of life.

Access information from the largest freshwater research facility in Canada, including publications and links for students.

Natural Resources Canada

Access research information on groundwater. View maps and images or review the data made available.

Extensive list of questions and answers relating to water.

Environment Canada

Information on Canadians' water use, including amounts of water we use and how much it costs.

Environment Canada

Information on water in Canada, including the largest bodies of water and how much we have.

Environment Canada

Looks at effects of water withdrawal, provides links and statistics, and addresses issues of specific water users (including industry, power generators, agricultural, transportation, wildlife, recreation and waste disposal).

Parks Canada

Discover this threatened plant that grows along two lakeshores in Nova Scotia. Learn about its habitat, conservation issues and why it is in danger.

Natural Resources Canada

Explore Atlas of Canada information and maps to learn about wetlands, which occur across most of Canada and play an extremely important role in ecology.