the water in the pool flowed at a rate of 12,000 litres (3,000 gallons) per minute into a lower pool, in which is another bronze sculpture, "youth". this sculpture is tall and in diameter, depicting a boy and a girl facing each other at either end of a fountain. beside them are an egg and a cone. the surrounding lower pool is also paved with wattscliff sandstone, on the floor of which is a bas-relief of six large salmon. the combination of "the river" and "youth" won a fountain of the year award in 1995.