Graham - Water Resources Guy

Back of the Lake

Carbon, a prairie oasis in Kneehill County, Alberta. #carbonalberta

“Medusa” aerial photograph from Iceland by Chris Byrne

“Blue Ribbons” aerial photograph from Iceland by Chris Byrne

One of my favorite subjects to photograph are these glacial river deltas in Iceland from the air. It is always a surprise what you will see when flying in a small plane but it’s some of the most beautiful abstract art on earth. Here’s a pair from my very first flight many years ago.

Yes, Reddit is among the open last vestiges of open internet. Though sounds likes also just an open pit mine for AI training. Yay. Are you a bot?

Haha, that’s right. One AI platform blaiming another for stealing from it the data it stole.

Filled with shock and dread these days, watching the USA be torn apart by POTUS and his mob. Makes me really sad. #usa

Is there any "social" left in social media like Facebook and Instagram? I barely remember interacting with my social group on there anymore. The latest AI and content moderation changes seem like it'll just further remove 'social' from the equation.

Bad Lands, Frozen Rivers, Cotton Woods. #rivers #alberta #drumheller

Don’t love that you can’t edit a post once published.

Looks like a fascinating book!

These beavers are stocked up for winter! Beavers harvest branches and store them in the water near their lodge for winter food. #foodcache.

Always down to infodump on river stuff haha. I agree with you. I think we all kind of call valley bottoms floodplains. They were created by flooding. Terrace vs active floodplain does get a bit esoteric

Climate change uncertainty, and our short time frame of memory/records further muddies the water. It is really an abandoned flood terrace or have we just not seen it flooded yet. Or is it soon to be active again.

I ponder floodplains a lot. Its complicated. fp’s for flood mapping have been tangled up with something like a large 100year event. In terms of geomorph, most of that is an old flood terrace from a previous river phase. The active fp is much smaller. Sometimes they are same in young rivers.

How does morphology relate to stratigraphy in #meandering rivers? Here is a modeled example, using #meanderpy

Wow that's cool!

Scientists & Engineers - what's missing from here?
There's endless subfields of work in the 'freshwater - water - science - engineering". Loads of overlap and collaboration on real project work. #careers #engineering #scientist #waterresourcesengineering

This river could be in Stage 8 of the Stream Evolution Model. Single thread channel and a wide connected floodplain. I'd bet that more log jamming would push the river into a multi-thread planform. Keswick River, New Brunswick #fluvialgeomorphology #rivers #keswickriver #stagezerorestoration

Given time and space, streams and rivers will find a dynamic equilibrium as a wide wet valley. In the Stream Evolution Model this is referrred to as Stage Zero Reach. Nashwaaksis River, New Brunswick Canada. #fluvialgeomorphology #stage0restoration #rivers #nashwaakriver

Striking meanders of a small creek near Cremona Alberta. #rivers #alberat

Beaver dam and pond on Prince's Island, Downtown Calgary. Bow River beavers are built. I've seen them swimming in the current. While these beavers have a traditional dam and pond for their hut, many beavers also live in hybrid burrow huts along the banks of the big river.

Policeman Creek in Canmore, Alberta. A suprisingly natural creek in a Town.

Refreshing to see so many river sciencey accounts on here!