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Description of the river: The Mississippi at Memphis is very wide and brown and traveling fast. There were tugboats pushing barges and ferryboats along the river. The banks were lined with big boulders.
Type of Water: __ stream _X_river __lake
Nearest Town, City: State: Memphis, TN
Date: Time of Day: 9:30 am
Temperature: 80.2 deg F or 26.6 deg C
Ph:7.22
Dissolved Oxygen: 3.75 which is 46.9% saturation
Conductivity: 59.7
Current Speed: 4.2 miles per hour
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Factor |
Measured at |
Q Score |
Times the Q value |
Final Quotient |
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Dissolved Oxygen |
7.22 |
45 |
.38 |
17.1 |
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PH |
7.22 |
90 |
.24 |
21.6 |
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TDS (conductivity) |
59.7 |
89 |
.16 |
14.24 |
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Temperature |
26.6 |
14 |
.22 |
3.08 |
The overall quality of the Mississippi River to support life was 56.02 based on a perfect score of 100. Factors which caused this lowered score include the river was too hot and the amount of available oxygen for life was too low.
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