Birth of a River

Saturday, March 16, 2013

As the valley get bigger and elevation drops the streams and valleys flatten out and hold less waterfalls. 3250 feet above sea level.


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      • As you read and look through this listen to Smetan...
      • Top of the watershed at 5300 feet above sea level.
      • Short trees and dense floor vegetation thrive in h...
      • The forest floor becomes completely covered in veg...
      • In lower elevations the trees grow taller and less...
      • Clouds and fog stay in the upper elevations. 4000 ...
      • Water begins to sprout from broad springs in mount...
      • Because the valley are still so steep, creeks cons...
      • Also the elevation drops more steams converge and ...
      • As the valley get bigger and elevation drops the s...
      • When the stream crosses bedrock layers wide waterf...
      • As a valley converges with a bigger valley it ofte...
      • Also water flow increases from converging streams ...
      • Side streams from separate watersheds converge on ...
      • Floor vegetation cannot grow due to the taller, la...
      • As more streams and valleys converge, the overall ...
      • The water becomes less clear due to more erosion f...
      • As more steams converge the water the stream then ...

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