The Boulder Creek

This week I decided to visit my hometown of Boulder to visit the Boulder Creek. The Boulder Creek is one that I have gone to my entire life and it has supplied me with endless hours of swimming, tubing and more. Throughout my time going to the creek I have noticed that the creeks discharge is more in the early spring than it is in the late summer. This is because the snow from the mountains is melting into the creek and giving it more water thus increasing the velocity of the creek. I have experienced hydraulic action in this creek. It is when the river is powerful enough to pick up the sediment vertically. You can feel the sand moving under your feet when you walk through the creek. It is an incredibly interesting feeling when the sand beneath your feet is actually moving. With the erosion processes of hydraulic action and abrasion this creek will be forever changing with the presence of the river. I have loved this river my entire life and its amazing to think that further down the line the creek will have changed the landscape even more.