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King Brook step pools
Place name or River name:
Dubuque State Forest, Hawley
Watershed:
Chickley River, into Deerfield Watershed
Latitude:
42.559600
Longitude:
-72.946800
Description/Comments:
This reach is typical of high gradient, forested headwater streams that have a step-pool shape. Boulders or fallen tree limbs span much or all of the channel. Water flows over these obstructions, in a series of small stepped waterfalls into the next dowstream pools. They are commeon in gradients ranging from 5 to 20%.
Description/Comments:
This reach is typical of high gradient, forested headwater streams that have a step-pool shape. Boulders or fallen tree limbs span much or all of the channel. Water flows over these obstructions, in a series of small stepped waterfalls into the next dowstream pools. They are commeon in gradients ranging from 5 to 20%.