Source Little Carp River EarthCache
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Please park at cords N 45* 33.332 W 084* 41.190 and take short hike to cache. Level parking area & a stairs to lower elevation.
A river may have its source in a spring, lake, from damp, boggy landscapes where the soil is waterlogged, from glacial melt, or from surface runoff of precipitation. Almost all rivers are joined by other rivers and streams termed tributaries, the highest of which are known as headwaters. Water may also originate from groundwater sources. Throughout the course of the river, the total volume transported downstream will often be a combination of the free water flow together with a substantial contribution flowing through sub-surface rocks and gravels that underlie the river and its floodplain (called the hyporheic zone). For many rivers in large valleys, this unseen component of flow may greatly exceed the visible flow.
From their source, rivers flow downhill, typically terminating in a sea or in a lake, through a confluence. In arid areas rivers sometimes end by losing water to evaporation. River water may also infiltrate into the soil or pervious rock, where it becomes groundwater. Excessive abstraction of water for use in industry, irrigation, etc., can also cause a river to dry before reaching its natural terminus.
The mouth, or lower end, of a river is known as its base level. The area drained by a river and its canals is called catchment, catchment basin, drainage basin or watershed. The term "watershed" is also used to mean a boundary between catchments, which is also called a water divide, or in some cases, continental divide.
This river source comes from Douglas Lake which is about 100' higher than Burt Lake where it flows. This flow never stops it runs the same year around.
To complete this cache please answer the following questions
1. How many streams join at this point to make one?
2. What is the elevation at this point?
3. What direction does the water flow?
4. What kind of green needle trees are dominate here?
5. What is elevation at parking area?
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