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Tuesday, 22 October 2024 15:16

Soil moisture observation

Estimate the moisture content with your hands or shoes. Imagine that you place a backpack on the ground or sit down on the ground. Choose the class that best describes what would happen:

DRY: You could put the backpack on the ground, and even after a long time, it would still be dry.
GRADUALLY DAMP: You could put the backpack on the ground, but after some time, it would slowly get moist.
GRADUALLY WET: You could put the backpack on the ground, but after some time, it would get wet.
IMMEDIATELY WET: If you would put the backpack on the ground, it would immediately get wet.
MUDDY: If you were to step on the ground, you could hear a squeaky sound from the wet soil.
WELLING: If you were to step on the ground, you could see water coming out of the ground next to your shoe.
SUBMERGED: There is water visible on the surface.
RAIN/SNOW: There is snow on the surface, or it is currently raining – this means you cannot make a soil moisture observation.

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Tuesday, 22 October 2024 15:16

Temporary stream observation

What describes the current state of the stream best? Choose one of the following six classes:

DRY STREAMBED: There is no visible water and the streambed is dry.
WET STREAMBED: There is no visible water, but the streambed is wet.
ISOLATED POOLS: There are pools of water in the stream but they are not connected.
STANDING WATER: There is water in the stream but no visible flow.
TRICKLING WATER: The water is visibly flowing but the amount of flow is very small for the size of the stream.
FLOWING WATER: The water is clearly flowing.

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Tuesday, 22 October 2024 15:16

The kinds of running water

What would you call this watercourse? Note that these size classes are only approximate and partly overlap.

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Tuesday, 22 October 2024 15:16

Did you know that you can record the dynamics of streams that occasionally dry up with the CrowdWater app? Use the category “temporary stream” to record the presence or absence of flowing water in the stream.

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Monday, 30 September 2024 16:47