Ocmulgee River

When visiting the Ocmulgee River, we learned different ways to measure characteristics of the river and the life that lives within it. When we first got to the river, we looked at different filters to see what types of materials were coarser than others, until we reached the very finest materials.
After that we went to look at the flow of the river. We then measured the flow rate of the river. We marked off an area of the river, and then let a tennis ball float down the length of the river. By timing how long it took the ball to float down that segment, we can calculate the flow rate of that section of the river.
next, we looked at the clams that live in the sediment found in the river. By taking dirt and sand from different areas, we could see how the clams preferred area that had more water.
Last but not least, we were not able to measure the topography ourselves but it was explained. Two poles with every 6 inches marked off would be held apart, and then a string stretched between them. Once we know the string is level, we would be able to see the change in topology.

The topology of the river transect would look a little like this:



The area we measured: