Katherine Gorge Geography

The Grand Canyon is one of the greatest natural creations our planet has to offer. Have you ever been mesmerized by the giant cliffs, massive ridges, or the wide array of beautiful colors? If you answered yes, this paper is just for you! After reading this, you will be well educated about the Grand Canyon.

The Chattahoochee River is located in Georgia and flows southwesterly towards Alabama. Evidence indicates that humans have been inhabitants of the Chattahoochee River for an extremely long period.

The aim is to identify and associate landforms, rock types and soils to the natural environment and its plants and animals and also to investigate the history of the local environment, comprising human impacts over the last 50 years. The impact of human alterations to the environment includes increased soil erosion and changes in river flows.

A description of the grand canyon rock layers would include the Colorado River running at the bottom of the inner gorge with flats on both sides which consist of tapeat sandstone layers. There is also the Vishnu Complex, consisting of rocks that have been changed by heat and are buried at the lowest layers. These are tilted and are called the “Grand Canyon Supergroup” the Grand Canyon supergroups are at least 12,000 ft in thickness. These rocks or (the “Inner Gorge”) are usally steep and narrow with hard deep cuts in the lower tilted layers which raise above sea level.

The Linville Gorge, which is also known as “The Grand Canyon of North Carolina”, is astonishingly beautiful. Across the Linville Mountain, there are steep enclosed gorges, breathtaking waterfalls, and large hardwood and pine trees. Because of its largeness and beauty, the Linville Gorge is one of only three officially named wilderness areas in North Carolina. Surprisingly, it’s one out of the only two wilderness gorges in the southern United States. Linville Gorge is located in Burke County, which is near Grandfather Mountain. “The Grand Canyon of North Carolina” is unique, astonishing, and beautiful.

Many wetlands are beginning to die out. Look at the everglades for example they’ve been here for 5000 years! Back then they were pretty and all new, but now it is starting to look like the famous scene from the Indiana Jones movie "Raiders of the Ark" says the article "Are the Everglades Forever? My first reason is that Its majestic waters will turn into swampy waters filled with snakes and who knows what. Also if wetlands die out there will be habitat loss until they cannot find home and eventually dies out plus people are releasing animals out into the wild which is not a good thing because then animals start to compete for food The final reason we should care about wetland is that they provide thing for us to such as the everglades provides

Similar to how other gorges are created, it was the energy of the river water rushing from the melting glacier that was able to cut into the surface of the bedrock. Streams carved through

Nearly 13,000 years ago, glaciers moved across the earth. In the Pacific Northwest they created many rivers, including the Columbia. The rock that the Grand Coulee Dam was built on was carved out by those glaciers creating a sturdy base of the dam. It is located in the rain-shadow of the Cascade Mountain Range in a shrub-steppe grassland, which results in very little rainfall and high temperatures. There have been many Native American tribes, including the Spokane, Sanpoli, Nespelem, Lakes, Colville and many others that have lived along the Columbia River and have relied on it for many of their day-to-day necessities (Columbia Basin Project 2015).

Archeologist and historians criticize the building of the Three Gorges Dam because it is socially and environmentally destructive. This is because when the dam is finished, nearly 2 million people will have been displaced and 4000 villages, 140 towns, and 13 cities will have been swallowed up. Also, monuments, and priceless archeological discoveries of this countries culture will be lost

The second biggest impact of habitat destruction is climate regulation. Climate regulation has a big impact world wide as well as the molecule level. The areas around Lake Claremont have become hotter. This has come down the loss of trees as well as the fact that the lake used to be a rubbish tip, this killed a lot of trees that help disperse a lot of carbon dioxide. The effects that climate regulation has on biotic factors are animals are not used to the new temperatures so they die quicker. This is a massive problem as it also effects the trees as there is either more or less water in the ground, that will kill the trees quicker. The impact between species isn’t as big as it is in habitat destruction but, it does effect how animals hunt for food. The new temperature will often kill the producers (grass, small plants), this means that all of the primary producers will have nothing to feed on effecting everything beyond. The flow that is destroyed when the climate changes be

The Au Gres River drains approximately 245 square miles. The river starts in Ogemaw County and flows south to its discharge into Lake Huron, similar to the Rifle River. The upper sections of the river flows through forested land; and agricultural land becomes more apparent as you reach Iosco County.

Type of Ecosystem Being Restored and Site Conditions.. Spotted knapweed prefer habitats that consist of gravel/sandy soils, full sun, arid conditions in course soil, disturbed areas, and is tolerant to nutrient poor soils (Montana Weed Control Association (MTWEED), n.d.). The SKCP broke the river down into three sections, all have the same spotted knapweed concerns and goals, but have slightly different soil ecosystems. The first section starts at the headwaters and runs to Nye, MT (See Attachment 6) about river mile 35; this stretch contains faster moving stretches of rapids, but also areas that are very slow moving and slough. The higher river banks in the faster moving areas have rockier soil, and more drastic soil erosion caused by spotted knapweed. The slow areas and sloughs, like near Lake Sioux Charley (See Attachment 7), the largest moving slough, have moist, less rocky soil, and not as conducive growing environment for spotted knapweed. This area is primarily back country, already designated trails, and is deeply wooded in some areas, but is the least of the SKCP concern. The second section runs from Nye, MT to the Rosebud River, about river mile 12. The calmer, clearer water, with more gradual river banks, significantly more arid gravel bars, open sunny landscape, are all prime growing areas for spotted knapweed and the highest area of concern. It is also considered outstanding fly fishing waters, which creates more foot traffic on the river banks, creating more disturbed areas. The last section, runs from Rosebud River to the Yellowstone River, river mile 0. This section has significantly more rapids (famous area for whitewater rafting) and higher river banks, with the largest amount of private property along the river. The soil in this section is rocky and has primarily open sunny landscape, both are great growing environment for spotted knapweed. This area also receives the water from the Rosebud River, creating a larger amount of

The Snake River is the largest tributary of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. One of the most important rivers in the region, it rises in the mountains of the Continental Divide near the southeastern corner of Yellowstone National Park and flows through Idaho and Oregon before finally emptying into the Columbia River in Washington. Fifteen dams have been built on the 1040 mile Snake River and its tributaries, mainly for purposes of providing irrigation water and hydroelectric power, ranging in size from small diversion dams to major high dams. While the many dams have transformed the region's economy, they have also had an adverse environmental effect on wildlife, most notably on wild salmon migrations.

When one thinks about an environmental disaster, the image of a large explosion in a highly industrial area comes to mind. Such is not the case in the Love Canal emergency. Unlike most environmental disasters, the events of Niagara Falls's Love Canal weren't characterized by a known and uncontrollable moment of impact. It developed over a period of several decades, since the effects of leaching chemicals is uncertain and slow in development and the visual effects are very limited. This disaster could have been identified earlier or later for as far as the rest of the world was concerned there was no emergency until the authorities made it public. The importance of Love Canal is that acknowledging the danger that existed

With human development, industrial pollution and other factors all contribute to the deteriorated condition of the river, which makes it difficult to determine the dams’ environmental impact in isolation. CITE That said, the current operations of the dam hamper and potentially prevent environmental improvement of the Colorado. In order to preserve some semblance of the Colorado ecosystem, man must restore the natural processes that created the ecosystem. The real question is how to do that, whether via dam decommission or a less extreme policy change.