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Some of these interesting wetlands features are depicted in Exhibit C including the river level, <br />the historical meander thalwegs, and the return flow drainage way. <br />Photos 2-5 show the wetlands areas in August. Photo 2 shows the bluff line and the <br />old meander bend. Vegetation lines help to outline some historic positions of the meander <br />bend migration across the floodplain. Photos 3 (upstream) and 5 ,(downstream) give an <br />indication of the extent of water surface. Other meander bend outlines can be see in Photos <br />4 and S as indicated by the ponded water and the vegetation. Photo 4 shows the dense <br />wetlands vegetation in the foreground. <br />The wetland water surface and ponded water area had declined during the period from <br />June to August. Photos 6 and 7 were taken in early June and show a larger area of inundation. <br />Compare these photos with the August Photos 3 and 5. It was also observed in the field that <br />the wetlands water surface area was greater in April than in June, indicating a higher wetlands <br />water surface elevation. In August the surveyed water surface elevations in the different <br />wetland ponds was slightly variable depending on the vicinity of the ponded water to the <br />seepage source on the bluff. <br />16 <br />