#bigriver — Public Fediverse posts
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US CONUS Rivers Of Dimension By Annual Flow – An Older (2013) But Still SO Useful Hydrologic Visualisation
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https://pacinst.org/american-rivers-a-graphic/ <-- shared technical post
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“... Several things stand out:
1) the massive flow of the mighty Mississippi and Columbia River systems
2) the paucity of major rivers in the western US, especially the southwestern US, where the only major rivers are the seriously over-tapped Colorado and Rio Grande Rivers
3) the local importance of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers in California, which serve the state’s cities and agricultural regions…”
#visualisation #infographic #water #hydrographic #hydrology #US #USA #CONUS #flow #humanimpacts #gage #USGS #USGSgage #agriculture #transportation #rivers #waterresources #overuse #monitoring #planning #AmericanRivers #mapping #spatial #spatialanalysis #scale #symbology #proportional #symbology #bigriver #Colorado #Columbia #Mississippi #SanJoaquin #RioGrande #NHD #NationalHydrographyDataset
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US CONUS Rivers Of Dimension By Annual Flow – An Older (2013) But Still SO Useful Hydrologic Visualisation
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https://pacinst.org/american-rivers-a-graphic/ <-- shared technical post
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“... Several things stand out:
1) the massive flow of the mighty Mississippi and Columbia River systems
2) the paucity of major rivers in the western US, especially the southwestern US, where the only major rivers are the seriously over-tapped Colorado and Rio Grande Rivers
3) the local importance of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers in California, which serve the state’s cities and agricultural regions…”
#visualisation #infographic #water #hydrographic #hydrology #US #USA #CONUS #flow #humanimpacts #gage #USGS #USGSgage #agriculture #transportation #rivers #waterresources #overuse #monitoring #planning #AmericanRivers #mapping #spatial #spatialanalysis #scale #symbology #proportional #symbology #bigriver #Colorado #Columbia #Mississippi #SanJoaquin #RioGrande #NHD #NationalHydrographyDataset
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US CONUS Rivers Of Dimension By Annual Flow – An Older (2013) But Still SO Useful Hydrologic Visualisation
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https://pacinst.org/american-rivers-a-graphic/ <-- shared technical post
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“... Several things stand out:
1) the massive flow of the mighty Mississippi and Columbia River systems
2) the paucity of major rivers in the western US, especially the southwestern US, where the only major rivers are the seriously over-tapped Colorado and Rio Grande Rivers
3) the local importance of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers in California, which serve the state’s cities and agricultural regions…”
#visualisation #infographic #water #hydrographic #hydrology #US #USA #CONUS #flow #humanimpacts #gage #USGS #USGSgage #agriculture #transportation #rivers #waterresources #overuse #monitoring #planning #AmericanRivers #mapping #spatial #spatialanalysis #scale #symbology #proportional #symbology #bigriver #Colorado #Columbia #Mississippi #SanJoaquin #RioGrande #NHD #NationalHydrographyDataset
#PacificInstitute | #USGS | #AmericanRivers -
US CONUS Rivers Of Dimension By Annual Flow – An Older (2013) But Still SO Useful Hydrologic Visualisation
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https://pacinst.org/american-rivers-a-graphic/ <-- shared technical post
--
“... Several things stand out:
1) the massive flow of the mighty Mississippi and Columbia River systems
2) the paucity of major rivers in the western US, especially the southwestern US, where the only major rivers are the seriously over-tapped Colorado and Rio Grande Rivers
3) the local importance of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers in California, which serve the state’s cities and agricultural regions…”
#visualisation #infographic #water #hydrographic #hydrology #US #USA #CONUS #flow #humanimpacts #gage #USGS #USGSgage #agriculture #transportation #rivers #waterresources #overuse #monitoring #planning #AmericanRivers #mapping #spatial #spatialanalysis #scale #symbology #proportional #symbology #bigriver #Colorado #Columbia #Mississippi #SanJoaquin #RioGrande #NHD #NationalHydrographyDataset
#PacificInstitute | #USGS | #AmericanRivers -
US CONUS Rivers Of Dimension By Annual Flow – An Older (2013) But Still SO Useful Hydrologic Visualisation
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https://pacinst.org/american-rivers-a-graphic/ <-- shared technical post
--
“... Several things stand out:
1) the massive flow of the mighty Mississippi and Columbia River systems
2) the paucity of major rivers in the western US, especially the southwestern US, where the only major rivers are the seriously over-tapped Colorado and Rio Grande Rivers
3) the local importance of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers in California, which serve the state’s cities and agricultural regions…”
#visualisation #infographic #water #hydrographic #hydrology #US #USA #CONUS #flow #humanimpacts #gage #USGS #USGSgage #agriculture #transportation #rivers #waterresources #overuse #monitoring #planning #AmericanRivers #mapping #spatial #spatialanalysis #scale #symbology #proportional #symbology #bigriver #Colorado #Columbia #Mississippi #SanJoaquin #RioGrande #NHD #NationalHydrographyDataset
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A 2016 project to stabilize an old dam near a popular swimming spot on the Big River has created a "predictably dangerous place" where six people have drowned in nine years.
Sam Totoni did a great job talking to scientists, residents, and the many local, state and federal agencies involved, to untangle this mess.
#localnews #localjournalism #stl #missouri #bigriver #river #drowning #publicsafety #stlouis