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INTRODUCTION 5
Y / YOUTH 7 I / INTERMEDIATE 17 M / MATURITY 27 E / EVENT 37
DEFINITION OF TERMS 46
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TYPOGRAPHIC REGISTER Following an initial simulation of water behaviour on a gradient, characterising still images based of their properties allowed a categorisation of fluid behaviour; the primary Taxonomy. This taxonomy was then used to identify key measurable conditions to be surveyed on the Isle of Rum and the instruments needed. The same register is then applied to this collected data; a secondary Taxonomy.
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3ยบ / SOURCE 8 15ยบ / DAM 12
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32ยบ / CONFLUENCE 18 12ยบ / MEANDER 22
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INTERMEDIATE / 32ยบ / CONFLUENCE / LB
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INTERMEDIATE / 12ยบ / MEANDER / LB
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5ยบ / ESTUARY 28 0ยบ / MOUTH 32
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40ยบ / FORD 38 6ยบ / BRIDGE 42
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DEFINITION OF TERMS GRADIENT The degree of the incline found at each stage of the river Flat 1
5 Steep
SPEED The rate at which the body of water moves Slow 1
5 Fast
BED TEXTURE The way in which the bedrock texture affects the flow of water No interaction 1
5 Obvious, dictated channels
SURFACE TEXTURE The aeration of the water: for example, the number of bubbles per volume of water. Highland Spring 1
5 San Pellegrino
PURITY The clarity of the water and the dilutedness of its load Cloudy 1
5 Pure
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WIDTH The width of the river at a given point Narrow 1
5 Wide
DEPTH The depth of the water at points across a section of the river Shallow 1
5 Deep
ORIENTATION The deviation of the flow from the direction of the river channel Minimum Deviation 1
5 Maximum Deviation
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‘we’ll have to be nimble and do our best’ Lisa Moffitt, October 2013