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A small stream through Kvačianska dolina (Kvacany valley) in Northern Slovakia. I spent an entire day hiking this valley and its neighboring Prosiecka dolina on my way back. (Canon Rebel Ti, Canon EF 28-90mm II, Fuji Velvia 100, tripod)
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The stream pictured is Bear Creek. The location is on the bridge across from Barnett Hall in Kirksville, MO. The picture was taken on November 4, 2019 around 11:30 am. Even a small stream or lotic system contains a complex ecological system within it. There are several layers in the stream: the hyporheic zone, benthic zone, and main channel. Along the stream there are also riffles and pools. Each of these sections has a diverse array of organisms with varying jobs. The hyporheic zone is often home to detritivores and sedentary organisms. The benthic zone and main channel contain the more free moving organisms. Riffles and pools have different flow rates and oxygen levels which provide the proper environmental conditions for different organisms. The stream can also provide an example of a food web or trophic web. Algae or aquatic plants growing on the rocks and in the bottom of the stream are eaten by insects, detritivores, and some macroinvertebrates. These smaller organisms may then be eaten by larger macroinvertebrates and/or fish. The algae and plants represent primary producers while the insects that eat the plants and algae are the primary consumers. The larger macroinvertebrates and fish are the secondary and tertiary consumers respectively.
An eastern pipistrelle bat making a fly-by in the stream passage. Also notice the grotto salamander below the pip on the lower part of the wall.
John Clare knew and loved this stream:
"I love to see the Beech Hill mounting high,
The brook without a bridge and nearly dry,
There's Bucket's Hill, a place of furze and clouds
Which evening in a golden haze enshrouds."
(Bucket Hill was the old name for Buckhurst Hill)
Nearby is Lippitt's Hill Lodge the mental asylum that once held the peasant poet, John Clare. Run by the kindly Dr Allen, Clare entered as a voluntary patient in 1837. He improved and was allowed to walk in Epping Forest. In 1841, he grew worse and with the help of gypsies, he escaped and walked first to Enfield and then some 80 miles home to Northborough in Northamptonshire. He was then restrained in Northampton Asylum where he died 24 years later.
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Another view of the Smoky Mountain stream in the National Park. Not much water now, but, I imagine it overflows after spring run off and rains
Just letting it flow... Original drawing by Bettina Makley all rights reserved.
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Okay I lost my notes or didn't write any down on these shots. I think it wasn't far down the road from Roaring Mountain. Anyways it's the prettiest area....the stream is covered in this lush green grass....very pretty.
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The stream which runs down from the Rock Garden into the pond in the Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
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