Meandering
North Thompson River
Kamloops BC
This is one of my favourite views of the North Thompson. You can see here that this stretch of the river really meanders a lot. The nearest bit of water, this side of the bridge, is actually an oxbow (a meander that got cut off from the actual flow of the river). Most of the year this is a shallow wetland and a protected riparian habitat.
Around the end of May at high water, the wetland will become part of the river again for a few weeks, The snowpack up in the mountains is at a very high level this year and so flooding is predicted. The City of Kamloops is making preparations for flooding and have advised property owners along the river to start making sandbags and other preparations now. Social distancing will mean that neighbours won't be working together on such tasks when it comes down to the crunch.
Meandering
North Thompson River
Kamloops BC
This is one of my favourite views of the North Thompson. You can see here that this stretch of the river really meanders a lot. The nearest bit of water, this side of the bridge, is actually an oxbow (a meander that got cut off from the actual flow of the river). Most of the year this is a shallow wetland and a protected riparian habitat.
Around the end of May at high water, the wetland will become part of the river again for a few weeks, The snowpack up in the mountains is at a very high level this year and so flooding is predicted. The City of Kamloops is making preparations for flooding and have advised property owners along the river to start making sandbags and other preparations now. Social distancing will mean that neighbours won't be working together on such tasks when it comes down to the crunch.