Comments on: Where exactly is the Lake Lanier Drainage Basin http://www.lawrencevilleweather.com/blog/2007/10/where-exactly-is-the-lake-lanier-drainage-basin.html Comments on the weather in Lawrenceville Georgia Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:49:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Greg http://www.lawrencevilleweather.com/blog/2007/10/where-exactly-is-the-lake-lanier-drainage-basin.html/comment-page-1#comment-446 Greg Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:09:32 +0000 http://www.lawrencevilleweather.com/blog/2007/10/where-exactly-is-the-lake-lanier-drainage-basin.html#comment-446 My guess is that the topography is what drives having so much storage in Lake Lanier. North Georgia is mountainous, so if you pick the right place, then you can store a bunch of water without innudating excessive land (and, when I was a kid, land there was relatively cheap). South Georgia is flatter, so your lakes tend to be much shallower, without as much storage. To get more storage in south Ga, you'd need some really big lakes. My guess is that the topography is what drives having so much storage in Lake Lanier. North Georgia is mountainous, so if you pick the right place, then you can store a bunch of water without innudating excessive land (and, when I was a kid, land there was relatively cheap). South Georgia is flatter, so your lakes tend to be much shallower, without as much storage. To get more storage in south Ga, you’d need some really big lakes.

]]> By: Atlanta Water Shortage » Georgia Drought » Blog Archive » Where the extra water from Lake Lanier goes. http://www.lawrencevilleweather.com/blog/2007/10/where-exactly-is-the-lake-lanier-drainage-basin.html/comment-page-1#comment-431 Atlanta Water Shortage » Georgia Drought » Blog Archive » Where the extra water from Lake Lanier goes. Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:58:36 +0000 http://www.lawrencevilleweather.com/blog/2007/10/where-exactly-is-the-lake-lanier-drainage-basin.html#comment-431 [...] Lawrenceville Weather Blog has a great post that details the area of the ACF (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint) river basin, which feeds into [...] [...] Lawrenceville Weather Blog has a great post that details the area of the ACF (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint) river basin, which feeds into [...]

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