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River Bank, Big Walnut Creek, Ohio
United States, Ohio, Columbus
River bank area along Big Walnut Creek, Ohio. Big Walnut Creek is a largely developed watershed in Ohio, with a land use that is majorly urban, for suburb housing or farmland. Like many streams, the bank of Big Walnut Creek is scattered sycamore trees and other woody vegetation. Exposed roots above and below the water surface cling and hold to large stones, keeping them in place and stabilizing the stream bank.
- Submitted by
- Vinny Anderson
- Approved by
- Fritz Rohde & Lawrence Kent
- GPS
- 39.9214134, -82.8644562
- Geographical region
- Northern America
- Drainage Basin
- River catchment
- Scioto
- Water body type
- Creek
- Water body name
- Mississippi
- Water body part
- Channel
- Water body course
- Upper course
- Water body: tributary of
- River
- Tributary name
- Scioto
Videos above and below water
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Water Chemistry
Water information
- Water type
- fresh-water
- Water color
- Clear water
- Water transparency
- Medium
- Concentration of sediments
- Medium
- Water temperature
- 18 °C
- Water flow/curent
- Slow
Chemical parameters
- pH
- 6.9
- Conductivity
- GH
- dGH
- KH
- dKH
- Dissolved Oxygen
Substrate in nature
- Sand
- Beige
- Pebble/Gravel
- Beige
- Stone
- Beige
- Stone form
- Roundish
- Silt/Mud
- Beige
- Leaves
- Many
- Driftwood
- Few
- Submerged terrestrial vegetation
- Yes
Aquatic Biotope
- Date of collecting
- June 6th, 2022
- Collecting area
- River bank
- Water depth
- 0,2m
- Air temperature
- 21 °C
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
Environment
- Environment
- Human settlements
- Human settlements
- Urban area
- Surrounding area
The watershed as a whole is about 50% agricultural land, 25% urban and 25% forested. Close to the sampling area, land use is majorly residential housing, industrial parks and roadways. Minimal forest buffers exist along the river banks.
- Underwater landscape
Rocky sandstone river bottom, with high sediment deposits. Exposed roots are found along the river banks. Some driftwood and leave have aggregated in pinch point along the bank.
- Threats to ecology
Sedimentation, eutrophication, road salt and roadway pollutants.
Riparian zone
- Trees near the aquatic habitat
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Few -
Bibliography
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Ohio Biological Survey - A Naturalist Guide to the Fishes of Ohio
by Zimmerman, B. Rice, D.
ISBN 0-86727-167-1
Comment by the expert
Fritz Rohde: This is a stunningly beautiful biotope. One feels like they are in the stream looking at tree roots. It needed more fishes – minnows, studfish, etc. Good research.
Lawrence Kent: Love the second photo showing the tree roots on the bank, so well created in the aquarium.
