Yucca, Ensenal Confluence (Station No. 24)

Submitted by amswann on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 3:38pm

This specific monitoring location is about another 350 m up the Abeja channel from the previous location. Here 2 first-order watersheds Yucca and Ensenal come together to form Abeja. Again sensors were located in each channel.

Coordinates: 
POINT(-107.0446 34.4038)
Elevation: 
1,821 M
Landform: 
Sort of a mini canyon with outcrops of the parent bedrock rising on both sides of the channel.
Soils: 
Puertocito-Rock Outcrop Complex
Hydrology: 
Ephemeral flows during the storm events.
Vegetation: 
Juniper and Falugia lining wash. Juniper and creosote on hillslopes.