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River reaches
Continuous parts of streams between two specified points.
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Canoeing North Dakota rivers [New Window]
Links to streamflow, stage, pictures, maps, river descriptions, and general information for canoeing on North Dakota's rivers. Files are in PDF format.
Grand Canyon studies: using ocean-research techniques to study a river system [New Window]
Brief review of studies with sidescan sonar on sediment in the Grand Canyon as part of research on the changes brought about by the Glen Canyon Dam and the results gathered from a 1996-controlled flood experiment with links to related information.
Erosion in the Rio Puerco: geography and processes [New Window]
Paper on the accelerated erosion of the Rio Puerco, a tributary of the Rio Grande in New Mexico, which has deepened and widened its channel, or arroyo, since the settlement of the region.
Fluvial geomorphology studies in Kansas [New Window]
Report of completed studies that have investigated the response of river and stream channels in Kansas to a variety of human-caused and natural disturbances.
National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) [New Window]
Main page for National Hydrography Dataset (NHD), a comprehensive set of digital spatial data about surface water features, with links to references, data, software tools, applications, tutorials, technical support, and data maintenance.
National bridge scour database [New Window]
Database with detailed data on sites and data collected on scour (downward erosion by streamflow) at bridges, piers, and abutments in the United States.
Science In Your Watershed [New Window]
Find scientific information organized on a watershed basis to aid characterizing, assessing, anazlyzing and mainting status and health of a watershed.
Water Information Coordination Program (WICP) [New Window]
An interagency program that improves information about natural resources management and environmental protection. The Advisory Committee on Water Information identifies water information needs, evaluates information and recommends improvements.


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