Yazoo stream

[8] Important salmonoid fish habitat and large spruce forests inhabit these streams which flow into the Mendenhall River in Alaska.

These series of smooth bends or curves flows with a slight gradient, and is normally blocked from entering by a natural levee[12] along the larger stream.

A yazoo stream will join the major river where it will eventually break through the natural levees and flow into the larger waterway at its belated confluence.

High valley walls due to tectonic uplift and glacial outwash (the natural levee) create two yazoo streams that parallel the Mendenhall River.

In the Yazoo Basin, settlers were faced with high waters for most of the year, making it hard for building homes and maintaining agriculture.

[14] Human alteration within wetlands and streams have resulted in a decrease in ecological functions and associated benefits to society.