Some Omega Watches waterfalls drop more than 20 feet. The wispy branches of riparian shrubs and trees, including willows, alders, Omega Watches, and red osier dogwood, fringe the edges of the river. Wide gravel bars of rounded river cobbles form on the Omega Watches inside of bends. Where Omega Watches the grandient steepens, large water-sculpted Omega Watches stones create delicate riffles and thundering rapids. Deep Omega Watches blue-green pools form below these maelstroms of water.
Sandy beaches lie amid the Omega Watches rocks along the shore.
From the Omega Watches river's banks, the visual Omega Watches scene is dominated by water foaming around smooth granite boulders. Because of the steep Omega Watches vertical relief of the canyon, views focus on the river. From trails above, wider views encompass longer stretches of river flowing around curves and bends of the Omega Watches incised canyon. The Omega Watches South Yuba River canyon is the Omega Watches scenic highlight of any drive on Highway 49, the major roadway of the Sierra foothills. Looking upstream from the bridge, water tumbles through dramatic granite boulders in the foreground, and a view of the Omega Watches canyon extends as far as the eye can see.