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Sections below are the following:
Transcript of Audio
Audio Notes and Acknowledgments
Image and Extra Information
Sources
Related Water Radio Episodes
For Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.).
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TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO
From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the week of August 9, 2021. This revised episode from February 2015 is the last in a series of eight episodes this summer related to watersheds and river basins.
MUSIC – ~12 sec – Lyrics: “Take me down to the riverside.”
This week, that excerpt of “Riverside,” by the Rockingham County- and Harrisonburg, Va.-based band, The Steel Wheels, opens an episode giving musical tour of some of Virginia’s major river watersheds. Have a listen for about 90 seconds to parts of six other songs, and see if you can guess the six Virginia watersheds being represented. Three may be obvious, but the other three may challenge your musical and hydrological knowledge.
MUSIC – ~ 94 sec
“Shenandoah” by Timothy Seaman – ~18 sec – instrumental.
“Sandy Boys” by Sara Grey – ~11 sec – Lyrics: “Do come along, Sandy boys, waitin’ for the bug-eye-boo.”
“Banks of New River” by Whitetop Mt. Band – ~13 sec – Lyrics: “I’m sitting here on the banks of New River.”
“Clinch Mountain Quickstep” by Timothy Seaman – ~14 sec – instrumental.
“Rappahannock Running Free” by Bob Gramann – ~10 sec – Lyrics: “I love the Rappahannock and its waters running free; the rapids of this river, that’s where I want to be.”
“James River Blues” by Old Crow Medicine Show – ~10 sec – Lyrics: “James River blues.”
“All Quiet on the Potomac” – ~18 sec – instrumental.
You heard parts of “Shenandoah,” performed by Timothy Seaman; “Sandy Boys,” by Sara Grey, referring to the Big Sandy River; “On the Banks of New River,” by Whitetop Mountain Band; “Clinch Mountain Quickstep,” also by Timothy Seaman, selected here for its connection to the Clinch River; “Rappahannock Running Free,” by Bob Gramann; “James River Blues,” by Old Crow Medicine Show; and “All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight,” by Chloe Benner and Stewart Scales.
The watersheds of these rivers are part of 14 major watersheds in Virginia, as identified by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Wherever you are in the Commonwealth, you’re in one of the those watersheds, as well as being—in turn—in one of the larger watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay, Albemarle Sound in North Carolina, the Atlantic Ocean, or the Gulf of Mexico. They all deserve to have songs written about them, because they’re part of Virginia’s varied, complex, and historic system of waterways and landscapes.
Thanks to all of the artists mentioned for permission to use this week’s music.
We close this episode, and Water Radio’s summer 2021 series on watersheds and rivers, with about 30 more seconds of The Steel Wheels’ “Riverside.”
MUSIC – ~29 sec – instrumental.
SHIP’S BELL
Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment. For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624. Thanks to Ben Cosgrove for his version of “Shenandoah” to open and close the show. In Blacksburg, I’m Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water.
AUDIO NOTES AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This Virginia Water Radio episode revises and replaces Episode 251, 2-2-15.
“Riverside,” by The Steel Wheels, is from the album “Live at Goose Creek,” recorded October 10, 2014, at Franklin Park Performing Arts Center, Purcellville, Va., and produced by Goose Creek Productions; used with permission of The Steel Wheels. More information about The Steel Wheels is available online at http://www.thesteelwheels.com/. More information about Goose Creek Productions is available online at http://www.goosecreekmusic.com/. This music was used previously by Virginia Water Radio most recently in Episode 295, 12-21-15.
The “Shenandoah” version in this episode’s musical tour is by Timothy Seaman and Paulette Murphy, from the start of “Shenandoah/Hazel River” on the 1997 album “Here on this Ridge,” copyright Timothy Seaman and Pine Wind Music, used with permission. More information about Timothy Seaman is available online at https://timothyseaman.com/en/. This music was used previously by Virginia Water Radio most recently in Episode 447, 11-19-18.
“Sandy Boys,” by Sara Grey, is from the 2009 album “Sandy
Boys,” copyright by Sara Grey and Fellside Records, used with permission.
More information about Sara Grey is available online at http://www.saragrey.net/. This music was used previously by Virginia
Water Radio most recently in Episode
436, 9-3-18.
“On the Banks of New River,” by Whitetop Mountain Band, is from the 2008 album,
“Bull Plus 10%,” copyright Whitetop Mountain Band and Arhoolie Records, used
with permission. More information about Whitetop Mountain Band is
available online at http://whitetopmountainband.tripod.com/index.html. This music was used previously by Virginia
Water Radio most recently in Episode
546, 10-12-20.
“Clinch Mountain Quickstep,” from the 2002 album “Sycamore
Rapids,” is copyright by Timothy Seaman and Pine Wind Music, used with
permission. More information about
Timothy Seaman is available online at http://timothyseaman.com/en/.
This music was used previously by Virginia Water Radio most recently in Episode
435, 8-27-18.
“Rappahannock Running Free,” by Bob Gramann, is from the 2008 album, “Mostly
Live,” copyright by Bob Gramann, used with permission. More information about Bob Gramann is
available online at http://www.bobgramann.com/. This music was used previously by Virginia
Water Radio most recently in Episode
304, 2-22-16.
“James River Blues,” by Old Crow Medicine Show, is from the 2006 album “Big
Iron World,” copyright Nettwork Records, used with permission. More
information about Old Crow Medicine Show is available online at http://www.crowmedicine.com/. This music was used previously by Virginia
Water Radio most recently in Episode
373, 6-19-17.
The version of “All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight” heard
here was performed by Chloe Benner and Stewart Scales, used with permission. This music was used previously by Virginia
Water Radio most recently in Episode
318, 5-30-16.
Click here if you’d like to hear the full version (2 min./22 sec.) of the “Shenandoah” arrangement/performance by Ben Cosgrove that opens and closes this episode. More information about Mr. Cosgrove is available online at http://www.bencosgrove.com.
IMAGE AND EXTRA
INFORMATION ABOUT VIRGINIA’S MAJOR WATERSHEDS
Map showing Virginia’s major watersheds. Map from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, “Virginia’s Major Watersheds,” online at http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/stormwater_management/wsheds.shtml.
Four large watersheds containing, collectively, all of
Virginia’s lands are the Chesapeake Bay, Albemarle Sound in North Carolina, the
Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico.
The watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle Sound are also
contained within the Atlantic Ocean watershed.
The following table of information about Virginia’s 14 major watersheds is from
the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, “Virginia’s Major
Watersheds,” online at https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/soil-and-water/wsheds. (This table was also included in the show
notes for Virginia Water Radio Episode
581, 6-14-21.)
|
WATERSHED |
AREA IN SQUARE MILES |
MAJOR TRIBUTARIES |
|
Albemarle Sound Coastal |
577 |
Dismal Swamp, North Landing River, Back Bay |
|
Atlantic Ocean Coastal |
580 |
Chincoteague Bay, Hog Island Bay |
|
Chesapeake Bay Coastal |
2,577 |
Chesapeake Bay, Piankatank River |
|
Chowan |
3,675 |
Nottaway River, Meherrin River, Blackwater River |
|
James |
10,236 |
James River, Appomattox River, Maury River, Jackson River, Rivanna River |
|
New |
3,068 |
New River, Little River, Walker Creek |
|
Potomac - Shenandoah |
5,702 |
Potomac River, S. Fork Shenandoah River, N. Fork Shenandoah River |
|
Rappahannock |
2,714 |
Rappahannock River, Rapidan River, Hazel River |
|
Roanoke |
6,274 |
Roanoke River, Dan River, Banister River, Kerr Reservoir |
|
Yadkin |
118 |
Ararat River |
|
York |
2,669 |
York River, Pamunkey River, Mattaponi River |
|
Holston (Upper Tennessee) |
1,322 |
N. Fork Holston River, Middle Fork Holston River, S. Fork Holston River |
|
Clinch - Powell |
1,811 |
Clinch River, Powell River, Guest River |
|
Big Sandy |
999 |
Levisa Fork, Russel Fork, Tug Fork |
SOURCES
Used for Audio
Chesapeake Bay Program, “Facts and Figures,” online at https://www.chesapeakebay.net/discover/facts.
College of William and Mary Department of Geology, “The Geology of Virginia—Hydrology,” online at http://geology.blogs.wm.edu/hydrology/.
DeLorme Company of Yarmouth, Maine, Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer, 2000.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), “Watershed Map of North America,” online at https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/watershed-map-north-america.
For More Information
about Watersheds and River Basins
U.S. Department of Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation Service/Virginia, “2020 Virginia Water Resources Progress Report,” online at https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/va/programs/planning/.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “How’s My Waterway,” online at https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/hows-my-waterway.
U.S. Geological Survey:
“Water Science School/Watersheds and Drainage Basins,”
online at https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/watersheds-and-drainage-basins?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects;
“Watershed Map of North America,” online at https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/watershed-map-north-america.
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation:
“Hydrologic Unit Geography,” online at https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/soil-and-water/hu;
“Virginia’s Major Watersheds,” online at http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/soil-and-water/wsheds.
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality:
“Commonwealth of Virginia State Water Resources Plan,” April
2015, available online at https://www.deq.virginia.gov/water/water-quantity/water-supply-planning/virginia-water-resources-plan;
“Status of Virginia’s Water Resources,” October 2020, online (as a PDF) at https://www.deq.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/2119/637432838113030000;
“Water Quantity,” online at https://www.deq.virginia.gov/water/water-quantity.
Virginia Places:
“Continental (and Other) Divides,”
online at http://www.virginiaplaces.org/watersheds/divides.html;
“Rivers and Watersheds of Virginia,” online
at http://www.virginiaplaces.org/watersheds/index.html.
Virginia Water Resources Research Center, Virginia Water Central Newsletter, February 2000, “Divide and Confluence,” by Alan Raflo (pages 8-11); available online at https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/49316.
RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES
All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html). See particularly the Rivers, Streams, and Other Surface Water” subject category.
Following are links to some other episodes on Virginia watersheds and rivers.
Big Otter River introduction (Roanoke River watershed) – Episode 419, 5-7-18.
Big Sandy River watershed introduction – Episode 419, 5-7-18.
Blue Ridge origin of river watersheds – Episode 583, 6-28-21
Bluffs on rivers and other waters – Episode 587, 7-26-21.
Bullpasture and Cowpasture rivers introduction (James River watershed) – Episode 469, 4-22-19.
Hazel River introduction (Rappahannock River watershed) – Episode 339, 10-24-16.
Headwater streams – Episode 582, 6-21-21.
Jackson River introduction (James River watershed) – Episode 428, 7-9-19.
Madison County flooding in 1995 (on Rapidan River, in Rappahannock River watershed) – Episode 272, 6-29-15
New River introduction – Episode 109, 5-7-12.
Ohio River basin introduction – Episode 421, 5-21-18.
Ohio River basin connections through watersheds and history – Episode 422, 5-28-18;
Passage Creek and Fort Valley introduction (Shenandoah River watershed) – Episode 331 – 8/29/16.
Rappahannock River introduction – Episode 89, 11-21-11.
Shenandoah River introduction – Episode 130 – 10/1/12.
Smith River and Philpott Reservoir introduction (Roanoke River watershed) – Episode 360, 3-20-17.
South Fork Holston River introduction (Clinch-Powell/Upper Tennessee River watershed) – Episode 425, 6-18-18.
Staunton River introduction (part of the Roanoke River) – Episode 374, 6-26-17.
Time, changes, and watershed connections on the upper Rappahannock River – Episode 588, 8-2-21.
Virginia rivers quiz – Episode 586, 7-16-21.
Virginia surface water numbers – Episode 539, 8-24-20.
Virginia’s Tennessee River tributaries – Episode 420, 5-14-18.
Water cycle introduction – Episode 191, 12-9-13; and water cycle diagrams reconsidered – Episode 480, 7-8-19.
Watershed and water cycle terms related to stormwater – Episode 585, 7-12-21.
Watersheds introduction – Episode 581, 6-14-21.
Water quantity information sources – Episode 546, 10-12-20.
Werowocomoco native people’s civilization history, centered in the York River watershed – Episode 364, 12-12-16.
FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION
Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode’s audio/transcript, sources, or other information included in this post.
2020 Music SOLs
SOLs at various grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.”
2018 Science Sols
Grades K-5: Earth and
Space Systems
3.7 – There is a water cycle and water is important to life
on Earth.
Grades K-5: Earth Resources
4.8 – Virginia has important natural resources.
Grade 6
6.8 – Land and water have roles in watershed systems.
Earth Science
ES.8 – Freshwater resources influence and are influenced by
geologic processes and human activity.
2015 Social Studies SOLs
Grades K-3 Geography
Theme
2.6 – Major rivers, mountains, and other geographic features
of North America and other continents.
3.6 – Major rivers, mountains, and other geographic features
of North America and other continents.
Grades K-3 Economics
Theme
2.8 – Natural, human, and capital resources.
Virginia Studies
Course
VS.10 – Knowledge of government, geography, and economics in
present-day Virginia.
World Geography Course
WG.3 – How regional landscapes reflect the physical
environment and the cultural characteristics of their inhabitants.
WG.4 – Types and significance of natural, human, and capital
resources.
Virginia’s SOLs are available from the Virginia Department of Education, online at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/.
Following are links to Water Radio episodes (various topics) designed especially for certain K-12 grade
levels.
Episode 250, 1-26-15 – on boiling, for kindergarten through 3rd grade.
Episode 255, 3-2-15 – on density, for 5th and 6th grade.
Episode 282, 9-21-15 – on living vs. non-living, for kindergarten.
Episode 309, 3-28-16 – on temperature regulation in animals, for kindergarten through 12th grade.
Episode 333, 9-12-16 – on dissolved gases, especially dissolved oxygen in aquatic habitats, for 5th grade.
Episode 403, 1-15-18 – on freezing and ice, for kindergarten through 3rd grade.
Episode 404, 1-22-18 – on ice on ponds and lakes, for 4th through 8th grade.
Episode 406, 2-5-18 – on ice on rivers, for middle school.
Episode 407, 2-12-18 – on snow chemistry and physics, for high school.
Episode 483, 7-29-19 – on buoyancy and drag, for middle school and high school.
Episode 524, 5-11-20 – on sounds by water-related animals, for elementary school through high school.
Episode 531, 6-29-20 – on various ways that animals get water, for 3rd and 4th grade.
Episode 539, 8-24-20 – on basic numbers and facts about Virginia’s water resources, for 4th and 6th grade.
