Activity 1 - High-Gradient Streams

Use the resources listed below to help you complete this activity.

To learn more about this topic, visit the following web sites:

Characteristics of High-Gradient Streams

Streams and Drainage Systems - Tulane University
Read an overview of many of the topics covered in this chapter, including high gradient streams.

Nehalem River Watershed Assessment: Channel Habitat Typing - Portland State University
Learn more about the effect different stream gradients can have on organisms in the stream.

 

Inquiring Further:

To learn more about the Big Thompson, Colorado flood, visit the following web sites:

The Big Thompson Canyon Flash Flood - UCAR

The Big Thompson Canyon Flood - Weather.com

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