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This is Nooksack Falls. It gets much of its water from glaciers. In August 2003,30% of the flow was from the Deming Glacier (Deming Glacier deming.pdf). Nooksack Falls, shown here during the first week of October 2005 when the volume of water is quite low. At this time it is likely that most of the water is from slowly melting glaciers. This is a critical part that glaciers play in the release of water. If the glaciers melt considerably, then water is not released slowly, it rushes off the mountains and is too quickly fed back into the sea causing damage such as flooding and erosion. This results in a shortage of water for the late summer early fall season.
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