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Assignment:

Stream Drainage and your National Park

Now that you understand how River Runner works. you can apply it to a stream system within your chosen national park. Go back to the Unit 7 assignment if needed to review streams within your topographic area. Select a major stream Within your area and type the name into the search box on River Runner.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

1. How many bodies of water overall are included in this drainage path? 'Write a list of them in order from the ?st body of water in the drainage network to the last.

2. Describe the compass direction of movement of this drainage network (north, south, east, or west). Explain why the drainage network moves in this manner. What body of water does the last stream in this drainage system drain into?

3. As you let the downstream path play, describe how the topography of the landscape changes. Additionally, describe how the stream channels in the drainage system change. How does one relate to the other?

4. National parks are protected areas; however= the stream system extends beyond the boundaries of the national park. Any activity upstream may affect the water flowing through the park and any activity downstream may affect the water after it leaves the park. Explain how different environmental practices in one area versus the other may affect people living along the river downstream and usage of this resource.