Tag: Coastal Plain
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Paddle Trip Report 3 – The Long Dash for Home
The last post ended with my canoe trapped and broken on a granite outcrop at the base of the Fall Zone in Richmond, Virginia. I was on an 8-day journey by canoe from the Blue Ridge Foothills to Williamsburg; a middle-aged journey to mark the 30th anniversary of my arrival as a student at William…
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The Longhill drainage ditch, when knickpoints move
Last Fall I started a ‘series’ focused on rivers and their watersheds. Six months have elapsed since that first post and another write up is overdue. Rivers and their drainage networks can conjure up images of adventure, mystery, and perhaps even romance. Consider the mighty Rio Orinoco with its waters plying the jungles of Venezuela…