Transcript earth system connections

A presentation
Key Question: How do rocks and
landforms affect what we do?
• Rocks and landforms affect
people
• Rocks and Landforms affect the
shape of the land
• Rocks and landforms effect the
earth system
Landform features:
Hanging Lakes is a lake above a lake creating a
waterfall. The water is fed to the top lake by snow
melting then going through a series of underground
caves and caverns just minutes before falling into
the top lake. The elevation of the top lake is 7,250ft
high.
Hanging Lakes most largely populated rock type is
limestone, but there is also travertine a rock made of
dissolved lime stone from the Mississippian aged
Leadville Formation and is deposited on rocks and
logs. Travertine also is a special rock formation The
land there is constantly being eroded because of all
the fast moving waterfalls running down the mountain
face. Eventually when all the sediment made by
erosion is washed away it deposits in a small lake at
the mountains end.
Water location
Bridal Veil Falls gives Hanging Lakes its water mostly other
than snow melting.
HISTORICAL LAND CHANGES
a historical land change that happened to
Hanging Lakes is when they built the
boardwalk. They built the boardwalk in 1992 to
preserve the nature of the park.
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people
People who are attracted to hanging lakes are
mostly athletes. They are attracted to Hanging
Lakes because of the hike. The hike to Hanging
Lakes is a 2.0mile hike up (4mile round trip).
photographers are also attracted to Hanging
Lakes because of the stunning view at the top and
also on the hiking trail because of all the small
water falls.
No people live up at Hanging Lakes but
Hanging Lakes is in Glenwood Springs and
the job rates there are:
• 31 percent management
• 28 percent sales
• 15 percent construction, extraction and
maintenance
• 75 percent companies
• 12percent government
• 11 percent self employed
The buildings that they mostly have in
Glenwood Springs are houses and
hotels
this is a map of all the roads in Glenwood Springs
They have lots of recreational
activities at Hanging Lakes like:
A hiking tour and a photograph class
learning how to take nature photos.
When I went to Hanging Lakes we did the hike up
to the top. There were may beautiful waterfalls
running down near the trail into a little pond at the
bottom. When we got to the top the water was a
green color, the waterfall was absolutely
magnificent, and the dam built to hold the water in
the pond was over flowing making the waterfalls
near the trail. There were huge logs in the water
with moss all over them. There was another log
near the top of the waterfall ready to snap under
the force of the waterfall. When we hiked up to the
top lake there were little holes in the side of a rock
face with gallons of water spewing out. That was
the time I went to Hanging Lakes.
EARTH SYSTEM CONNECTIONS
BIOSPHERE
MY CONNECTION BETWEEN BIOSPHERE
AND HANGING LAKES IS: HANGING
LAKES IS HOME TO MANY WILDLIFE
CEATURES AND IS VISITED EVERY DAYBY
LOTS OF PEOPLE.
GEOSPHERE
MY CONNECTION BETWEEN GEOSPHERE
AND HANGING LAKES IS: THE WATER
THAT MAKES HANGING LAKES, HANGING
LAKES RUNS THROUGH UNDERGROUND
ROCK CAVES AND CAVERNS.
HYDROSPHERE
MY CONNECTION BETWEEN
HYDROSPHERE AND HANGING LAKES IS:
HANGING LAKES IS A FEATURE MADE UP
OF WATER WITHOUT WATER HANGING
LAKES WOULD NOT BE HANING LAKES.
ATMOSPHERE
MY CONNECTION BETWEEN
ATMOSPHERE AND HANGING LAKES
IS: HANGING LAKES IS 7,250FEET
HIGH IN THE AIR.
Thanks to:
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www.google.com
EPA enviromapper
www.gjhikes.com
www.wikapidia.com
Hiking Guides; Hanging Lakes by: Scott
S. Warren