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  1. US CONUS Rivers Of Dimension By Annual Flow – An Older (2013) But Still SO Useful Hydrologic Visualisation
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    pacinst.org/american-rivers-a- <-- 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

  2. US CONUS Rivers Of Dimension By Annual Flow – An Older (2013) But Still SO Useful Hydrologic Visualisation
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    pacinst.org/american-rivers-a- <-- 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

  3. US CONUS Rivers Of Dimension By Annual Flow – An Older (2013) But Still SO Useful Hydrologic Visualisation
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    pacinst.org/american-rivers-a- <-- 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

  4. US CONUS Rivers Of Dimension By Annual Flow – An Older (2013) But Still SO Useful Hydrologic Visualisation
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    pacinst.org/american-rivers-a- <-- 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

  5. US CONUS Rivers Of Dimension By Annual Flow – An Older (2013) But Still SO Useful Hydrologic Visualisation
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    pacinst.org/american-rivers-a- <-- 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…”

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  6. Streams & River Names Across The USA From USGS NHDPlus
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    linkedin.com/posts/john-hammon <-- shared technical post
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    H/T John Hammond | Research Hydrologist @ USGS
    “Ever wonder how streams and rivers differ in naming across the country and what the most common names are?...
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    NAME COUNT
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    Mill Creek 6,213
    Spring Creek 5,862
    Dry Creek 5,750
    Bear Creek 4,945
    Beaver Creek 4,740
    Rock Creek 4,514
    Indian Creek 4,231
    Cedar Creek 3,849
    Willow Creek 3,777
    Cottonwood Ck 3,694
    Big Creek 3,424
    Clear Creek 3,223
    Sand Creek 2,863
    Deer Creek 2,781
    Turkey Creek 2,752
    Wolf Creek 2,701
    Mud Creek 2,518
    Crooked Creek 2,176
    Brush Creek 2,019
    Buffalo Creek 2,009
    Elk Creek 1,950
    Salt Creek 1,932
    Horse Creek 1,899
    Silver Creek 1,887…”
    #water #hydrology #name #USA #NHDPlus #variety #names #rivers #streams #NGTOC #3DHP #national #country #CONUS #nomenclature
    #USGS

  7. USGS Announces Next Generation Of Land Cover (NLCD) And Change Products
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    usgs.gov/special-topics/lcmap/ <-- shared link to USGS details
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    “Exciting news for NLCD users! [The USGS EROS] are working hard to bring you a major update: Annual NLCD. Coming this fall, annual land cover products will be released for the conterminous United States from 1985 to 2023. This game-changing resource will open up countless possibilities for change assessments and provide new insights into environmental monitoring, resource management, and urban planning…”
    #GIS #spatial #mapping #opendata #remotesensing #dataresource #annual #NLCD #NationalLandCoverDatabase #NationalLandCoverDataset #landcover #CONUS #USA #resourcemanagement #urbanplanning #farming #agriculture #environment #landtype #vegetation #forest #USGS #EROS
    @USGS