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H36 Mountain Stream. Mt Rainier, Washington, USA
Position:
N46° 50'
W121° 50' approx.
Elevation:
14410'/4392m (summit)
Image format:
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MOUNTAIN STREAM. Mt RAINIER. WASHINGTON, USA
Trickling off the flanks of the mighty Mt Rainier in America's
Pacific North-West, this stream is mainly MELT WATER from the
snout of a GLACIER. Rising to around 14500' (approx 4400m) above
sea level, Mt Rainier, a DORMANT VOLCANO of the Cascade Range,
supports a number of permanent glaciers on its upper slopes. Peak
flow of melt water is recorded during hot spring and early summer
days. At night and in the fall and winter, flow in minimal and
may even cease.
Such streams then, vary from tiny trickles to raging torrents
according to the time of day and year. The water is cold and is
clouded by the fine suspended glacial SILT called ROCK-FLOUR which
gives it a milky appearance. The river bed is strewn with angular
pebbles. The stream picks its way over the rough, irregular bed,
splitting in places into more than one channel.
Less detail
Image Trail:
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H6 River in a wet area. Co. Kerry, Ireland
L4 River canyon cut through horizontal strata. Colorado River, Canyonlands
Ntnl Park. Utah
H3 Confluence of two major rivers. Colorado & Green Rivers, Canyonlands
Ntnl Park.
H8 Waterfall. Yellowstone National Park. Wyoming, USA
Volcanoes:
L6 Volcanic neck and dyke. Ship Rock. New Mexico, USA
L19 Volcanic Neck. Devil's Tower. National Monument. Wyoming, USA
L20 Volcanic Neck. Devil's Tower. National Monument. Wyoming, USA
L49 Dormant volcano. Mt Shasta. California, USA
Links:
www.volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html
www.wwwdwatcm.wr.usgs.gov/fs_landslide.html
www.water.wr.usgs.gov/shasta/introduction.html |
