11/22/2023 0 Comments Earthviews geologicalTo go up the Little River a couple thousand feet to the takeout. Turn right at the Little River Confluence Instead of following every meander of the river. The Withlacoochee River was high enough that they went through the Many people have driven over this I-75 bridge,īut few have seen it from the Withlacoochee River. The (in)famous Sugar Creek was hard to spot, the water was so high.īut just after it is the Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge. Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail were barely out of the water. Which explains why they had to start well back up the access road,Īnd the WWALS signs at Langdale Park Boat Ramp for the That’s actually in Action stage, which starts at 123.0′, The US 41 Withlacoochee USGS Gauge read 124.94 feet NAVD88 (14.7′), Here’s another trip Bobby and one other did just to take these pictures. in the kayak,Īnd WWALS Science Committee Chair Dr. Here is the end of this trip, at Sullivan Launch at CR 150 (Belleville Road). This stretch to half a foot higher than that after this paddle. We raised our maximum recommended water levels for paddling Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail,Īt more normal water levels, State Line Shoals would have been interestingīut the river was at 98.5′ NAVD88 (14.5′) on the Quitman (US 84) gaugeĪnd 61′ (14.5′) on the Pinetta Gauge, which is quite high. If you click on the logo next to it, for the If you click on the WWALS logo at the top left, The river bends right here, so we went back into Florida the second time. The camera boat, with the trestle behind him. This still is panned around backwards, so you see Bobby McKenzie paddling Here’s a famous landmark in the middle of this trip, the You can press pause at any time and pan around. There’s even a play button down in the bottom left that animates the trip. Or you can click on a location on the little map on the right to go there. On the Withlacoochee River that cross the state line.īut on Earthviews, you can pan 360 degrees around.Īnd you can click on the forward or back arrows to move along. In the map that appears, pan to south Georgia, and click on the blue dots Then click on Atlas in the top menu, to get to Here’s the start of our WWALS fast August 7, 2021, paddle from Clyattville-Nankin Boat Ramp in Georgia to Sullivan Lanuch in Florida. Hungry for some science, but you don’t have time for a full-course research plate? Then check out USGS Science Snippets, our snack-sized science series that focuses on the fun, weird, and fascinating stories of USGS science.Thanks to Courtney Gallagher of and WWALS Intern Bobby McKenzie, you can navigate down the Withlacoochee River from the comfort of your laptop or mobile phone. It also reveals the distinct, circular Upheaval Dome on the northern border of Canyonlands, a formation that geologists say was either created by a meteorite impact or by the movement of salt layers deep underground. Landsat imagery captures the deeply cut meanders and oxbows carved out by ancestral rivers in the national park. The least accessible district, the Maze, is a remote labyrinth of deep canyons set against a landscape of standing rocks above it.īut Canyonlands' colorful beauty doesn't end there. The Needles District in the southeast corner of Canyonlands takes its name from the colorful spires of Cedar Mesa Sandstone that dominate the area. Perhaps the most accessible district is Island in the Sky, a relatively flat mesa that rises 600 meters above the Green River to the west and the Colorado River to the east. In the high desert of the Colorado Plateau, countless canyons, mesas, and buttes have emerged over millennia from the eroding forces of water and gravity across the park's 1,365 square kilometers (527.5 square miles). The Horseshoe Canyon Unit is the detached part of the park in the upper left corner of the image. No paved roads exist to join together the park's three main districts-Island in the Sky, the Needles, and the Maze. In this 100th anniversary year of the NPS, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 has acquired a stunning, false-color image that enhances the park's irregular topography. In September 1964, Interior Secretary Stewart Udall successfully shepherded some of the most remote and rugged terrain within the continental United States into the jurisdiction of the National Park Service (NPS) with the creation of Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah. The EarthView: Water, Gravity Carve Out Magnificent Canyonlands Landsat 8's view of Canyonlands National Park.
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