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<br />".,r f; .'; .. ~ Q <br />"I.,.. _ _...:_...) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. .. <br /> <br />a. The Main Fork of the Encampment River <br /> <br />The Main Fork of the Encampment River begins in a high <br /> <br />meadow on the Continental Divide at an elevation of 9800 <br /> <br />feet. The stream channel meanders through this meadow for <br /> <br />approximately ~ mile and is more deeply cut at this point than <br /> <br />at any other point along the Main Fork's course. The stream <br /> <br />at this point averages six feet in width with banks about <br /> <br />three feet in height and deeply undercut. Despite the <br /> <br /> <br />undercutting there is little evidence of sloughing as the <br /> <br />banks are held together by a dense root mat. The stream <br /> <br />bottom is composed of pebbles of relatively uniform size, <br /> <br />averaging two inches in diameter. Vaguely defined pools <br /> <br />and gravel bars suggest that the channel has been affected <br /> <br />to a degree by scouring and deposition. <br /> <br />For the next four miles the Main Fork flows through a series <br /> <br />of small meadows seperated by fingers of lodgepole pine and <br /> <br />Engelmann spruce. In the meadow areas the stream drops. at <br /> <br />a rate of 45 feet per mile. The stream bottom is composed <br /> <br />primarily of gravel and cobbles less than eight inches in <br />diameter. In the forested breaks, the stream channel steepens <br />to as much as 80 feet per mile. Large firmly imbedded <br />boulders become common. Through this segment the stream <br />