River Freeze

One beautiful thing about winter is the sound of moving water tinkling under the ice in a river. The beautiful, icy patterns full of nature debris are an added bonus.

Habitat: Deciduous forest

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Ernst

Lion

You have an artistic flair. I can feel the cold. Posted 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks :). I've heard the frozen rivers referred to as “river sleeping bags" for aquatic invertebrates because the ice provides insulation, while the water provides further insulation, and the streambed gives off geothermal heat. BUT, it's still just barely above freezing under the ice...not a place I'd want to live. I would be the whiniest aquatic insect in the stream. Posted 5 years ago