Water - Intermittent Streams and Channels : Devil's Backbone Streams
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Because this section of the trail is fairly steep, the stream has a pretty fast flow.
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Before too long, the stream flows off the trail.
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And crosses the beginning of the Lower Tilley Trail before heading down the hill.
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The stream was causing erosion of the trail.
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So a diversion dam was built towards the top of the trail.
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A second stream crosses the Devil's Backbone Trail below the Wild Turkey Run Trail.
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And then it heads down the hill.
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After the stream has dried up.
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Sometimes, when the flow overwhelms the channel across the trail, this stream overflows down the trail.
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Once again, eroding the trail.
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After it flows through the gate, it heads down the hill again.
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Sometime in the past, someone must have done some excavating, because just a little ways past the gate is a hole that fills up with water after the rains.
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The trail goes up and over the dirt pile from the excavation.
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And instead of the water flowing over the trail, it goes under and comes out on the other side!
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A close-up of the water burbling out.
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And just a few days later, all the water has drained away.
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The last stream that crosses the Devil's Backbone Trail also appears to be the result of excavation. There is a deep ditch that has been carved into the area near the trail.
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Water flowing down the ditch.
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At the end of the ditch the water runs across the trail.
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