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Simplified conceptual diagram of the water cycle and major sources of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution to the Chesapeake Bay.
Groundwater Diagram
Illustration of erosion.
Erosion
Conceptual diagram illustrating Alligator Reef, which is limited in growth by the amount of exposed Pleistocene bedrock. The washing effect of water through the tidal pass has exposed peat and sandy sediments upon which coral reefs cannot become established.
Alligator Reef growth limitation
Conceptual diagram illustrating current and historical hydrological conditions of the zones in Florida Bay.
Florida Bay hydrological conditions
A strong ocean storm has sent wave and sand overwash and debris over the dunes, clearing the vegetation almost to the salt marsh on the bay side of Assateague Island.
Ocean overwash area
A natural geomorphological function of this mid-Atlantic barrier island is westward migration. On the northern end of Assateague Island, these ocean sand dunes are moving and encroaching on the edge of woodlands as part of the rollover process.
Sand dunes encroach upon forest and shrub zone
Illustration of light availability, which decreases with increasing water depth.
Light availability
Erosional forces from the river have exposed these roots near the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers at Harper's Ferry
Exposed root structure
Montana
Rock fall blocked roadway
Chain of Craters Road, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Road's end
Flooded salt marsh due to storm surge at high tide. Culvert allows tide to flow under road but is almost submerged due to storm.
Tropical Storm Hanna
Submerged tidal marsh due to storm surge.
Tropical Storm Hanna
Coastal erosion on Taylors Island.
Tropical Storm Hanna
Illustration of sediment particles
Sediment
Illustration of wake turbulence
Wake turbulence
Hurricane Katrina resulted in a sand bar breach into Bay Champagne
Breach to Bay Champagne
Hurricane Katrina resulted in a sand bar breach into Bay Champagne
Breach to Bay Champagne
Due to land subsidence and sea level rise, rapid wetland loss starts as wetland breakup and increase in open water
Degrading wetlands in coastal Louisiana
Aerial photo of plugged channel, which has subsequently eroded new channels to the sides
Plugged channel
Natural sediment deposition at the Wax Lake Diversion in coastal Louisiana
Wax Lake Diversion
Natural sediment deposition at the Wax Lake Diversion in coastal Louisiana
Wax Lake Diversion
May 2005, Tred Avon River, Easton, MD
Phragmite marsh and bank erosion of streamside…
Illustration of depth mean flow
Depth mean flow
Illustration of mean flow speed
Mean flow speed
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