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Geomorphology ofStream Channels in
the Lower Snoqualmie River Watershed
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Green-shaded areas have bedrock at or near the ground surface
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The Maximum Extent of the Puget Lobe of the Cordilleran ice sheet during the Vashon stade of the Fraser (late Wisconsin) glaciation. Approximately 14,000 years bp. Contour lines show ice thickness in meters.
Easterbrook, 1979
Seattle
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Major Glacial Troughs in
the Eastern Puget
Lowland
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Major Glacial Troughs in
the Eastern Puget
Lowland
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Lower Snoqualmie Mainstem
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Figure 21 Snoqualmie Streambed Sediment Texture (Booth et. al. 1991)
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The particle size shown is for for the median particle size (d50) for the subsurface sample collected at each sample site. The texture of the subsurface sediment in an alluvial channel bed is similar to the texture of the of the bedload sediment in transport at the sample location.
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Ripple marks in sand on the bed of the Snoqualmie River
near Duvall
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Meandering Channel and natural levees on the Lower Snoqualmie Mainstem
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A com
parison of wetlands show
n on the floor of the S
noqualmie V
alley in 1873 GLO
mapping
(left) with recent U
SG
S m
apping (right).
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Lower Tolt River
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Lower Raging River
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Landslides along the
Lower Tolt
Valley
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Braiding on the Tolt River above Carnation
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Plane-bed Channel in the Raging River
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Approximate Extent, Tolt Fan
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Gravel bar at the mouth of the Raging River Snoqualmie with bank erosion on the opposite bank.
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East Side Tributaries
Area of Channelways outlined in blue
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Channelways in the Griffin Creek drainage.
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Cascade Channel in Peoples Creek
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Current excavated Cherry Creek channel
Original Cherry Creek channel
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West Side Tributaries
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Adair Creek Profile
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Boulder and wood step-weir on Tuck Creek
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Severe Incision in a small tributary channel that decends the west wall of the Snoqualmie Valley near Carnation. The erosion is a result of changes to the basin hydrology as a result of upstream land development
The “Little Grand Canyon”
Photo Courtesy of Derek Booth
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Pen and Ink by Frank Grouberg