Energy Flow Systems
Beginning of paper
Richard White's Organic Machine, and William Cronon's Changes in the
Land, both examine environments as . The energy flow model
was utilized by the authors to explain relationships within ecosystems.
Richard White's thesis is to examine the river as an organic machine, as
an energy system that, al ....
Middle of paper
.... The Columbia is continuously cutting
into the terrain that it flows through. Over millions of years water rushed
through the Columbia Basin to form the Columbia River. Water carries soil, silt,
and debris downstream. The constant movement of material in the river cuts and
shapes the river basin into the land. This movement is a slow and inefficient
use of energy. According to White, only two percent of water's potential energy
results in the work of erosion. The other ninety-eight percent ....
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