USGS investigates watersheds at scales that range from the small research watersheds of the Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budget (WEBB) Program to the Nation's largest watersheds with data collected as part of the National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN). In addition to the five WEBB sites, other USGS research watersheds are:

• Watershed Ecosystem Studies Program
  • Big Bend National Park (Texas)
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee)
  • Isle Royale National Park and Lake Superior Basin (Michigan)
  • Glacier National Park, MT
  • Noatak National Preserve (Alaska)
  • Olympic National Park (Washington)
  • Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado)
  • Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (California)
  • Denali National Park (Alaska)
    
    
• Other Small Research Watersheds (listed alphabetically, by State)
  • Catoctin Mountains, Maryland
  • Interdisciplinary Research Initiative (IRI) at the Shingobee Headwaters Research Area, Minnesota
  • Crescent Lake, Nebraska
  • Mirror Lake, New Hampshire
  • Rio Puerco Basin, New Mexico
  • Neversink, New York
  • Cottonwood Lake, North Dakota
  • Massanutten, Virginia
  • Old Ridge Mountains, Virginia
  • Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
    
    

• Related Networks and Programs

• The Hydrologic Benchmark Network , a network of 53 sites (see map), selected in small undeveloped watersheds around the country. For additional information on this program, contact Rick Hooper
• The National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN), a network of 39 stations designed to monitor the water quality of large rivers within four of the Nation's largest river basins--the Mississippi, Columbia, Colorado, and Rio Grande.
• The National Atmospheric Deposition Program/NationalTrends Network (NAPD/NTN): As the lead federal agency, the USGS supports 70 of the 200 NADP/NTN sites.
• The Tritium Network, a network of stations established to provide baseline information on the occurrence of tritium in the Nation's surface waters; tritium data are also obtained at a number of precipitation stations.
• The Toxics Substances Hydrology Program generally uses a watershed approach in studying the behavior of toxic substances in the Nation's hydrologic environments.
• The National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program is composed of study units which are geographically defined by a combination of ground- and surface-water features and which typically are larger than 10,000 square kilometers.

Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey
WEBB Program
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