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North Branch of Thames River in London, Ontario. Normally medium size, peaceful and picturesque river, in a springtime overflows its banks filling the whole river valley with meltwater. This part of Ontario lies in the area between big lakes: Michigan, Ontario, Erie, St. Clair and Huron. So no matter which way the wind blows in winter time, there is allways a lot of moisture from the lakes coming down as snow. Such areas, and there are few of them in Ontario, are called "snow belts". Accumulation of snow could be, to say, quite impressive. And when all that snow melts in a springtime, the river swells to formiddable size, flooding it's valley, changing it's course cutting new ways for itself, covering it's surroundings with sand, gravel, silt and a lot of broken up and washed out trees. So it is very interestig to "discover" different and reneved river every year. A lot of plants have to push their way through sometimes pretty thick layer of sand, but they do and they look to be happy with it. There are some just showing up and I will try to show them in their best soon.