Ohio River Floodplain
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by cheff13
Hidden:
6/13/2008
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This Earth Cache will take you to the Lawrenceburg river walk,
which is on top of the city's Artificial Levee. Here you will learn
what kind of devastation a flood can have on a community.
A floodplain, or flood plain, is flat or nearly flat land adjacent
to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic
flooding. It includes the flood way, which consists of the stream
channel and adjacent areas that carry flood flows, and the flood
fringe, which are areas covered by the flood, but which do not
experience a strong current.
Floodplains can support particularly rich ecosystems, both in
quantity and diversity. They are a category of riparian zones or
systems. A floodplain can contain 100 or even 1000 times as many
species as a river. Wetting of the floodplain soil releases an
immediate surge of nutrients: those left over from the last flood,
and those that result from the rapid decomposition of organic
matter that has accumulated since then. Microscopic organisms
thrive and larger species enter a rapid breeding cycle.
Opportunistic feeders (particularly birds) move in to take
advantage. The production of nutrients peaks and falls away
quickly; however the surge of new growth endures for some time.
This makes floodplains particularly valuable for agriculture.
Markedly different species grow in floodplains than grow outside of
floodplains. For instance, riparian trees (that grow in
floodplains) tend to be very tolerant of root disturbance and tend
to be very quick-growing, compared to non-riparian trees
Historically, many towns, homes and other buildings have been
built on floodplains where they are highly susceptible to flooding,
for several reasons:
This is where water is most available;
Floodplain land is usually the most fertile for farming;
River transportation was a key economic factor in the founding of
many communities;
Rivers represent cheap sources of transportation, and are often
where railroads are located; and
Flat land is easier to develop than hilly land.
To receive credit for this cache answer 3 questions.
1. How many floods has Lawrenceburg suffered from since
1825.
2. Only 1 flood has occurred in the month of Dec what year was
that.
3. what was the highest flood level and what year did it
occur.
Last thing you have to do is post a picture of your GPS at the
site.
Hope you enjoy this cache and learn something.
Oh yeah no pic listing will be deleted
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 November 8 by racer2814 (14085 found)
Visited and observed the great EarthCache on 11-8-09, the 14th day of my caching trip.
Thanks for all the research into setting this up as an EC. Email Sent. Orale! Live, laugh, love, cache.
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| November 7 by tree4416 (35 found)
Perfect day for a leisurely stroll by the river. Great scenery.
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| October 11 by Colonel Carter (72 found)
Way, way cool cache! Believe it or not I'd been here once before, but hadn't actually stopped to look around. I have family that live in Lawrenceburg so I'm constantly in town, and now that I've got a working GPS, I'm starting to explore and find all the things I'd never otherwise have seen.This is also the fifth find with my new Android phone. Yup, phone with a built in GPS with all the bells and whistles. Actually more. It will let me post waypoints to my twitter page, email them to me and more. Very cool. Anyway, this was a great cache, thank you very much. It's an awesome view of the river, and a great place to go walking. Soon as I finish reading all the information (cheated and took pictures of EVERYTHING) I'll drop you an email with the details you requested. In the meantime, I'm going to post a picture of my hand, the GPS, and part of one of the markers full of information. Again, Thanks! Just dawned on me. While yes, there is some walking to be done (just under two miles regardless of how you do it, the terrain is flat and paved the entire way. It's a quiet, peaceful stroll, and if you get there latish (like I did) the sun going down isn't going to be a problem because it is very well lit. There art two, technically three, places to park. One of which is right on top of the river walk itself. Look for the sign that says NO SEMIS off Walnut street. This small road leads to parking on top, and down the the restaurant on the river side of the levee. YOU CAN park there on the side if there is room. This way you don't need to climb all the steps. Down at the end is the Dearborne Trail head parking, which also has a nice gentle ramp to walk up. So while it's a levee, it's handicaped accessible. So I done really think the terrain or the difficulty need to be changed.
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| September 12 by mountainsidewife (40 found)
Nice warm sunny day for a walk. TFTEC
[view this log] | September 12 by ccachetracker (17 found)
I wasn't too happy in the stroller so I screamed all the way. TFTC
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Current time: 11/22/2009 6:56:11 AM
Last Updated: 11/11/2009 11:17:14 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
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