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Down by the Riverbank - Nantahala Forest North Carolina
by Matt Tilghman
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Down by the Riverbank - Nantahala Forest North Carolina
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Matt Tilghman
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Photograph - Photography
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The Chattooga River cuts through the lush temperate rain forest of the Nantahala National Forest in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina.
This image was taken in the Nantahala National Forest, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. This swath of land is one of, if not the, only temperate rain forests in the United States east of the Sierra Nevadas. Nantahala is Cherokee for "land of the noonday sun," which is purported to reference the fact that the forests and gorge walls are so tall that one doesn't see direct sunlight until the sun is directly overhead at noon. The Nantahala is also a river, although the river in this photograph is not the Nantahala. The river pictured here is the Chattooga River. Chattooga is also thought to be a Cherokee word, but there isn't consensus on its meaning. In fact, it's not even fully agreed that it's really of Cherokee origin. But despite the disputed origin, one cannot dispute how ancient it feels when walking along these riverbanks. These mountains and gorges and rivers are ancient even by geological standards. And it's believed that the Chattooga has only undergone one direction change in its existence -- quite low for a river of its age. But the dense granite of these mountains is not easily moved!
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August 26th, 2017
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