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The Nantahala dam is a diversion dam; the water that normally flows through the river is diverted through a 5.5-mile (8.9 km) penstock before flowing through the Nantahala Powerhouse and back into the original river channel far downstream. The river is "on" when Duke Energy is generating electricity and releasing water.
The Zanclean flood caused a major change in the environment of the Mediterranean basin; the continental "Lago Mare" facies was replaced by Zanclean deep sea deposits. [7] The flood may have affected global climate, considering that the much smaller flood triggered when Lake Agassiz drained did result in a cold period. [49]
The Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto explored the area in 1540, as did English colonist William Bartram (1739-1823) in the 18th century. The Nantahala River flows through the Nantahala National Forest. William Bartram, son to John Bartram, is considered to be "America's first native-born naturalist-illustrator". He journeyed through eight ...
The Nantahala River ranked 10th in voting for best fly-fishing rivers. The river, which runs just under 50 miles through WNC, was described as "idyllic for fly fishing year-round."
The rafts made their way down the rapids of the Nantahala with teamwork and enthusiasm. Along the way, attitudes found new ways around the rocks and turbulence, both real and metaphorical.
1530 Tiber River flood Italy: 1530 3,000 [6] 1598 Tiber River flood Italy: 1598 3,000 [citation needed] 1992 Afghanistan flood, mainly, Gulbahar, Kalotak, Shutul, Parwan, flash flood, mudslide Afghanistan: 1992 2,910 [citation needed] 1950 Pakistan flood Pakistan: 1950 2,828+ 2011 Southeast Asian floods
If the flood were responsible for fossilization, then all the animals now fossilized must have been living together on the Earth just before the flood. Based on estimates of the number of remains buried in the Karoo fossil formation in Africa, this would correspond to an abnormally high density of vertebrates worldwide, close to 2,100 per acre ...
The Nantahala Outdoor Center, a commercial outdoor guide service and retail store near Bryson City, North Carolina, in the United States; The Nantahala River, a river in western North Carolina in the United States; The Southern Nantahala Wilderness, a federally preserved wilderness area in Georgia and North Carolina in the United States