Changing mouth of Elwha River documented in aerial photos

Friday, May 15, 2015 at 12:13AM
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Aerial photographs of the Elwha — fed by sediment no longer impeded by hydroelectric dams — show it simultaneously elongating its course seaward, widening what one could call a delta, and “smearing” sediment along the shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca in what's starting to look like a spit.

LINK (via: Peninsula Daily)

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