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Plate 31.-Classification: SYSTEM Riverine, SUBSYSTEM Lower Perennial, CLASS Unconsolidated Shore, SUBCLASS Cobble-Gravel, 

 water regime Temporarily Flooded, WATER chemistry Fresh. Feltleaf willow (Salix alaxensis) grows along the edge of the 

 stream. The entire channel is flooded for only a few weeks after snowmelt each year. (Kavik River, North Slope Borough, Alaska; 

 July 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet) 



