How might a person use a floating stick to measure the speed at which a river flows?

A person might use a floating g stick to see how fast a ricer flows because when you put th e stick in the water,the stick moves with the water and goes as fast as it does, so when you look at how fast the stick is, you know how fast the water is.

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