In honor of our last FYS class, here is my favorite photo from our hike. May everybody find the time to sit by the river in their lives.
Author: Samuel Wheeler
Everyone has heard of the worlds longest river, the Nile, measuring a staggering 4,132 miles. However, I doubt most have heard of the worlds shortest river, at only 201 feet long. Named Roe River, it flows from its headwaters in Giant Springs, Montana, before merging almost immediately with the Missouri River. If we were to place a typical American river barge at the beginning of the river, it would only have to travel 6 feet before entering the Missouri.
The dish area in Upper has a component to it that very much resembles a river. It’s a grossly fascinating piece of equipment that I always enjoy catching a glimpse of.
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The confluence of two rivers is always an interesting sight, where the densities and mixtures of silt are different enough to be visually prominent. I chose the confluence between the Thompson and Fraser rivers in BC, Canada as an example but there are plenty of rivers that conjoin around the world. Eventually the two rivers do mix, but the clash creates quite a vivid separation.
I recently found an old photo on my phone of a stream near my high school. One of my most memorable experiences with this stream was stuffing a netted bag full of dead leaves and leaving the bag in the stream for a week. When I returned the bag was full of minute creatures who had it made it a home for themselves, creatures we typically don’t get to see because of the fast moving water.
I took this photo from a scenic lookout on Bear Mountain. There is a beautiful drive from the Bear Mountain Bridge to the town of Peekskill, which you can see in the distance. On nice days I’ve seen many people bring their cars out on this stretch of road along the river, certainly a pleasant way of spending a day off.
One of the countless creeks found in Harriman State Park, it is beautiful seeing the clear running water juxtaposed with the still and quiet of snowy winter. Harriman itself is a wonderful park, with many a fantastic drive and hidden hike spread throughout 47, 527 acres of land.
An image of the river leading out of Fox glacier in New Zealand, behind this photo is where the glacier sat between the mountains. Seemingly innocuous, what’s frightening about this image is that this river runs through quite a lot of land that was once occupied by the glacier. While at this park, I read that the glacier had shrunk the same amount from 1950-2010 as it had from 1700-1950, the same amount of change in a matter of 60 years versus 250 years.