Case Study Module 3: The Connecticut River Study Questions The Connecticut River

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Case Study Module 3: The Connecticut River Study Questions The Connecticut River illustrates the concept of landscape connectivity at multiple scales. There is the connectivity between the river and its associated uplands, the connec- tivity within the river network (mainstem and tributaries), and the connectivity between freshwater and saltwater (Connecticut River flows into Long Island Sound). First, think of a large river in a part of the country that is familiar to you. Consider a large river in a part of the country that is familiar to you. For the following questions, compare your familiar river and the Connecticut River.

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Pawcatuck River watershed and Rippowam Rivers are large rivers in part familiar in the country and comparison of the river with Connecticut River. There is connectivity at multiple scales between these rivers finally to mix into the Atlantic Ocean. There is the connectivity between the river and its associated uplands, the river connectivity between freshwater and saltwater. The hierarchical nature of streams in the these rivers are associated with materials such as nutrients, minerals, phytoplanktons, organic matter & fish larvae move downstream in the two rivers of Rippowarm and Pawcatuck river & Connecticut river. The organism such as fish larvae and hatching zooplankton are going to move down stream due to their metamorphosis nature. The insects and some fishes mature zooplanktons are going to move upstream in both the rivers.

No, there are changes in the patterns of movements of rivers in place because of the continental drift, landscapes & landslides took place ages ago, and this drift has induced changes in the movement of river patterns of Pawcatuck in the country

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