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East River basin — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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East River basin

Scale: local

Elevation range: 2700m – 4120m

Habitat: floodplain, mountainous headwater, shale-dominated watershed, high-gradient mountain streams, mountain watershed, multiple plant community types

Also known as: East River Basin

Papers: 6 | Mentions: 12

Child Places (12)

B10

B2

B9

Benthette

Bradley

Bradley Creek Meadow

study site2987m7 papers

East

Quigley

Rock

Rock Creek Fen

study site3444m6 papers

Rock Creek Meadow

study site3466m1 papers

Rustlers

Publications (6)

Metagenome-assembled genomes for oligotrophic nitrifiers From a mountainous gravelbed floodplain

2025Environmental Microbiologycomparison site

Using time-lapse imagery to determine snow heterogeneity

2025primary study site

Resolution matters when modeling climate change in headwaters of the Colorado River

2020Environmental Research Lettersprimary study site

A molecular investigation of soil organic carbon composition across a subalpine catchment

2018Soil Systemsprimary study site

Expansion of herbaria data based on historically surveyed herbaceous plants in the Crested Butte area, Colorado.

2014primary study site

Hydraulic and geomorphic effects on mayfly drift in high-gradient streams at moderate discharges

2008Ecohydrologyprimary study site

Datasets (3)

Langenheim Plant Species Data (1953) and Associated Resurvey Datasets (2014), Gunnison Basin, Colorado, USA

Langenheim Plant Species Data (1953) and Associated Resurvey Datasets (2014), Gunnison Basin, Colorado, USA

Floodplain hydrostratigraphy from sedimentology, geophysics, and remote sensing

Documents (3)

Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 2)- Part 2

1994subject area

Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District (Volume 3)- Part 6

1994affected area

High Country Citizens' Alliance RE: Land Use Regulations

1993subject area

Species Studied Here

Engelmann Spruce

Pinaceae6 shared papers

Picea/Abies spp.

3 shared papers

Pekania pennanti

Mustelidae2 shared papers

Urocitellus richardsonii

Sciuridae1 shared paper

Castilleja miniata

Orobanchaceae1 shared paper

Castilleja sulphurea

Orobanchaceae1 shared paper

Pedicularis racemosa

Orobanchaceae1 shared paper

Nitrosotalea

Nitrosopumilaceae1 shared paper

Nitrosomonas europaea

Nitrosomonadaceae1 shared paper

Pinus contorta

Pinaceae1 shared paper