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This site has a sampling area of about 4 km2 (1013 acres) and is hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Greene County is bordered by the Tombigbee, Warrior, and Sipsey rivers within the Black Warrior River watershed. The county is known for its hunting and fishing. DELA is located in an area called the \u0022Blackbelt,\u0022 an area known for its nutrient-rich, dark soil. This site is part of the NEON Ozarks Complex Domain (D08). D08 includes two other terrestrial field sites and three aquatic field sites. DELA is colocated with the aquatic site Black Warrior River near Dead Lake (BLWA).","citation":null,"relatedIdentifiers":null,"status":{"label":"Operational","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/elter_cl\/10772"},"yearEstablished":2015,"yearClosed":null,"relatedSites":[{"typeOfRelationship":{"label":"groups with","uri":"null"},"listOfSites":[{"type":"site","title":"Black Warrior River NEON - United States of America","id":{"prefix":"https:\/\/deims.org\/","suffix":"afc73ef8-d5fc-477e-8c05-d98cb671ce76"},"changed":"2025-09-19T09:27:06+0200"}]}],"siteName":"Dead Lake NEON","shortName":"DELA","siteType":"Non-stationary land-based site","protectionLevel":null,"landUse":null,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/deims.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-06\/dela.jpg","alt":"DELA tower"}]},"environmentalCharacteristics":{"airTemperature":{"yearlyAverage":17.6,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"\u00b0C","referencePeriod":null},"precipitation":{"yearlyAverage":1290,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"mm","referencePeriod":null},"biogeographicalRegion":null,"biome":"freshwater_rivers","ecosystemType":[{"label":"Evergreen Forest","uri":null},{"label":"Forest","uri":null}],"eunisHabitat":null,"landforms":null,"geoBonBiome":["Fresh water rivers"],"geology":"DELA is located in the Southern Coastal Plain, an area bounded by an erosional scarp from the Atlantic shoreline during the Mesozoic. The region was exposed and submerged beneath sea level several times, leaving marine deposits of sand and carbonates as well as riverine deposits of clay, silt, sand, and gravel. In the specific NEON sampling area there are Quartenary-aged alluvial, coastal, and terrace deposits. Upstream alluvial deposits are primarily sourced from the Cretaceous Eutaw and Tuscaloosa formations.","hydrology":"DELA is located near the Black Warrior River, which begins at the confluence of the Locust, Mulberry, and Sipsey Forks in northern Alabama, and ends at its confluence with the Tombigbee River near Demopolis, AL. Black Warrior River drains from a 16,160 km2 (nearly 4 million acres) watershed, or 12.2% of Alabama\u2019s land area. The watershed is subject to major precipitation pulses from tropical storms and hurricanes. These major events affect nutrient and organic matter flux, sediment transport, and biota along the gradient as they propagate downstream. 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