Week 3 - Little River Canyon

For this week’s travel journal, I took a trip back to Little River Canyon. It was the perfect place for the travel journal. Little River Canyon isn’t a fast-flowing river. It appears to have a laminar flow and is made up of a wide and shallow channel. The floodplain of Little River Canyon is narrow. It is in a V-shaped valley; therefore, it isn’t likely to flood. Upon reaching my hand in the river, I concluded that the river carries a dissolved load. There was no sediment that could be felt free-flowing within the river. The runoff of the river flows into a lake called Weiss Lake. There is major headward erosion, which caused the river to widen to the point of creating a canyon. The canyon shows signs that it is continuing to widen over time. The surrounding of the river is made up of sandstone, which is a sedimentary rock. The rock feels grainy with sand and is a tan color. The color and texture of sandstone probably sheds some light on where it received its name. Little River Canyon has a beautiful waterfall with a nice overlook. It was a great place to take the family for a day and learn a little about rivers.