The site we are in is site #7. There are 8 sites. First we will talk about our Riparian zone that is by the left bank looking down stream. We will tell you about the width of the left and right looking down stream was 0ft.-50ft. There are 4 types of trees we saw. We didn’t see any conifers or deciduous tree’s there either. We saw some shrubs, and we saw mostly grasses and herbs. The over head canopy covered 0%-25% of our site. The shade on the creek was made by a dead tree.
Next is the channel of our site. The channel we have looks like U. There are three kinds of cross-sections a u, a flat and a v. (cool hu!)Then there’s the longitudinal pattern ours was braded there are three straight, braded and mending. Our gradient was monderent. There are three gradients low, moderent and steep.
Another thing we surveyed is the stream banks. The vegetation cover on our stream reach bank was abundant. Most of the banks were covered with tall grass that reached over our waists.
Then there’s the artificial bank protection. Our protection was 0-25%. Bank stability is another part of our site survey. Our bank was intact we had erosion in some areas and our bank didn’t collapse at all.
Also we surveyed the reach habitat. The numbers of riffles where 4. Riffles put oxygen in the stream. The number of pools was three. The percent of riffles in our stream reach was 30 percent. The percent of pools was 70%. In our woody debris spars organic debris none. Then there are artificial structures. In stream reach garbage and liter. Along the stream reach there where roads. Last is land uses there are none.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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