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Spring River Basin - Physical Features Land Use/Cover | Soils | Geology The quality of the water that drains through a watershed is affected by the type of physical features that are found within the watershed. One measure of physical features is called land cover. Land cover is measured by looking at aerial photographs and calculating area of forest, grassland, agriculture, and urban area that can be seen on the photograph. The land use/land cover within the Spring River watershed is approximately 70% row-crop agriculture and 30% forest and a minor urban component. The major urban center in this watershed is Joplin, MO. Many different types of soil are found in the font-family: Spring River Basin. Soil type affects the amount of runoff reaching streams and the amount of suspended sediment that is carried into streams. The Spring River Basin is characterized by relatively good quality soils. Read more about area soils at http://www.conservation.mo.gov/fish/watershed/Spring/geology/010getxt.htm See what else was happening when the Ozark Dome was being formed!
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