WSR
What Lies Beneath
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This wild and scenic river is the longest river in the United States.
Missouri River - 2,540 miles
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The Allegheny Wild and Scenic River is home to the rad eastern hellbender salamander. This lungless amphibian breathes through this organ.
Its SKIN!!
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This future WSR was the site of a 1967 protest hike led by the U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Douglas to advocate against the construction of a proposed dam.
Red River in Kentucky - 19.4 miles designated in 1993, administered by the Daniel Boone NF (Red River Gorge)
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Known as The liver of the river because they filter gallons of water per day, almost two-thirds of these are threatened, endangered, or already extinct across river systems in the United States.
Fresh water mussels.
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These two WSRs are featured on U.S. quarters.
In 2019, the U.S. Mint issued the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Quarter, a wilderness through which both the Middle Fork Salmon WSR (104 miles designated in 1968) and Main Salmon WSR (125 miles designated in 1980) flow.
Previously in 2010, the U.S. Mint issued the Yosemite National Park Quarter, depicting El Capitan and the Merced WSR (122.5 total miles designated in 1987 and 1992).
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What Lies Beneath is a 2000 American supernatural horror thriller film directed by Robert Zemeckis. This person is one of the two leading actors.
(Bonus for both!)
Harrison Ford
Michelle Pfeiffer
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This is the westernmost WSR in the conterminous United States.
The Elk River in Southwestern Oregon flows into the Pacific Ocean just south of Cape Blanco, which is the second westernmost point in the Lower 48 (the westernmost point is Cape Alava in WA).
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This WSR watershed was the site of the first brown trout introduction in the United States.
Pere Marquette WSR watershed in Michigan (66 miles designated by Congress in 1978; administered by the Huron-Manistee National Forests).
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This WSR is believed to be one of the oldest rivers in North America, if not the world.
New River - 26.5 miles in NC designated in 1976, flows through the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia
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The EPT Richness Index estimates water quality by the relative abundance of this.
The three major orders of stream insects that have low tolerance to water pollution.
EPT can be expressed as a percentage of the sensitive orders to the total taxa found.
E= Ephemeroptera
P= Plecoptera
T= Tricoptera
