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East River Watershed — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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East River Watershed

Also known as: East River watershed, Upper East River watershed, upper East River watershed, Colorado East River Watershed

Papers: 20 | Mentions: 21

Child Places (36)

Avery Creek

Avery Picnic site

study site2 papers

Bradley Creek

Butte SNOTEL station

study site3 papers

Copper

study site3 papers

EAQ

study site3 papers

EBC

study site2 papers

Elk Range Thrust Fault

GLS1

study site1 papers

Gothic Creek

Gothic Mountain

peak3850m10 papers

Kettle Ponds

study site2 papers

LT region

study site1 papers

Lower Montane

study site1 papers

M1 site

study site2880m2 papers

ME

study site1 papers

Marmot Creek

PH

study site5 papers

PLM

study site2 papers

PLM0

study site1 papers

PLM4

study site3 papers

PLM8

study site1 papers

Pumphouse

study site2765m8 papers

Pumphouse Lower Montane

study site2 papers

Pumphouse hillslope

study site1 papers

Pumphouse lower montane (PLM) hillslope

study site2650m2 papers

Remote sites

study site1 papers

Rustlers

study site3 papers

Rustlers Creek

S2 site

study site2 papers

Snodgrass Mountain

peak3169m5 papers

lower montane floodplain

study site2753m2 papers

northern Mancos Shale

site LS

study site3100m1 papers

site PH

study site2800m1 papers

southern Mancos Shale

Publications (20)

The short life of upvalley wind in a high-altitude valley in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheresstudy site

Molecular diversity of dissolved organic matter reflects macroecological patterns in river networks

2025Scientific Reportsstudy site

Hydrological control of rock carbon fluxes from shale weathering

2024Nature Waterstudy site

Forest composition and structural controls on canopy snow interception in a Colorado watershed

Recent Upper Colorado River Streamflow Declines Driven by Loss of Spring Precipitation

2024Geophysical Research Lettersreference site

Mineral and metabolic constraints on carbon cycling within and export from mountainous floodplain soils

Molecular nature of mineral-organic associations within redox-active mountainous floodplain sediments

2023ACS Earth and Space Chemistrystudy site

Watershed zonation through hillslope clustering for tractably quantifying above-and below-ground watershed heterogeneity and functions

Documents (1)

National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program Bibliography

Species Studied Here

Atriplex canescens

not mentioned4 shared papers

Bacteria

3 shared papers

Spruce

3 shared papers

Potentilla

Rosaceae3 shared papers

aspen

2 shared papers

Artemisia

Asteraceae2 shared papers

Populus

Salicaceae2 shared papers

Timothy

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae1 shared paper

lodgepole pine

2022Hydrology and Earth System Sciencesstudy site

Quantifying Subsurface Flow and Solute Transport in a Snowmelt-Recharged Hillslope With Multiyear Water Balance

2022Water Resources Researchstudy site

Direct Observation of the Depth of Active Groundwater Circulation in an Alpine Watershed

2021Water Resources Researchreference site

Bedrock weathering contributes to subsurface reactive nitrogen and nitrous oxide emissions

2021Nature Geosciencestudy site

The Colorado East River Community Observatory Data Collection

2021Hydrologic Processesstudy site

Remote Sensing-Informed Zonation for Understanding Snow, Plant and Soil Moisture Dynamics within a Mountain Ecosystem

2020Remote Sensingstudy site

Shale as a Source of Organic Carbon in Floodplain Sediments of a Mountainous Watershed

2020JGR Biogeosciencesstudy site

The East River Community Observatory Data Collection: Diverse, multiscale data from a mountainous watershed in the East River, Colorado

2020Authoreastudy site

Phosphorus Speciation in Atmospherically Deposited Particulate Matter and Implications for Terrestrial Ecosystem Productivity

2020Environmental Science & Technologystudy site

Differential C-Q Analysis: A New Approach to Inferring Lateral Transport and Hydrologic Transients Within Multiple Reaches of a Mountainous Headwater Catchment

2020Frontiers in Waterstudy site

Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variability of Evapotranspiration and Its Governing Factors in a Mountainous Watershed

2019Waterstudy site

Distinct Source Water Chemistry Shapes Contrasting Concentration-Discharge Patterns

2019Water Resources Researchreference site

Streamflow partitioning and transit time distribution in snow-dominated basins as a function of climate

2019Journal of Hydrologystudy site