Landscape Position Sample Clauses

Landscape Position. 9 Prospect Island is located at a unique landscape position in the northern Delta. 10 The Project site sits between the Cache Slough Complex (CSC) to the west at 11 the downstream end of the Yolo Bypass, and the Sacramento River to the east 12 via its distributary channel, Miner Slough (Figure 1-1). The CSC is a 53,000-ac 13 region in the northern Delta composed of extensive diked lands mostly in 14 agricultural use; two large and four small flooded islands that now contain tidal 15 xxxxx and shallow tidal open waters; tidal sloughs, many of which support tidal 16 xxxxx and riparian margins and in-channel islands; and the southern end of the 18 highest observed in the Delta, providing an important habitat benefit (cover from 19 predators) to native fishes (Xxxxxx-Xxxx and Xxxxxxxxxxxx 2013). The CSC has 20 been identified as important spawning and rearing grounds for migratory Delta 21 Smelt, in addition to supporting a year-round non-migratory population of Delta 22 Smelt (Xxxxxx and Xxxxx 2013). This is thought to be due to a combination of 23 factors, including locally high turbidity, abundance of productive tidal xxxxx and 24 shallow tidal aquatic habitats, connectivity to the Yolo Bypass, and the 25 hydrodynamic influence of the large, shallow flooded islands creating a wide 26 range of hydraulic residence times (the duration of time that a particle of water in 27 the water column stays in one area) in various parts of the CSC. 28