Drinking plenty of water will also help to keep your system hydrated. While drinking water is not the most efficient way to hydrate the skin, itâs still important for the health of your cells. Avoid misting your skin with a hydrating spray during flight.
As the James River flows through one of the gorges in the Blue Ridge Mountains, it drops in the Balcony Falls and again in a 3-mile (5-km) series of rapids (a total drop of 84 feet [26 metres]) above Richmond, where the river has been impounded by the Boshers Dam.
From Ellijay, the Coosawattee River descends 20 feet over an easy 2-mile stretch, before dropping 552 feet in the next 19 miles of mountain escarpment. In the final 27 miles to its confluence with the Oostanaula at Blue Ridge, Georgia, the Coosawattee drops only 50 feet.