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This beta version of the Atlas brings together science, data and knowledge on biodiversity, climate change impacts, and equity to help inform and inspire land, water, and wildlife conservation and restoration efforts of individuals, land managers, policymakers, and communities.
28 kwi 2023 · The National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution provides the most detailed map of the waters of the United States available. The user’s guide provides the details of how the data were created and ideas for how they can be used.
12 sty 2024 · The National Water Availability Assessment Data Companion is a centralized website and data delivery system that will provide routinely updated and nationally consistent modeled water quantity, water quality, and water use information, along with long-term trends in observational data.
This layer presents the linear water features of the United States.
The interactive map can be used to see whether 51 water-quality constituents, like nutrients and pesticides, and 38 aquatic-life metrics, like the types and numbers of fish, macroinvertebrates, and algae, have increased, decreased, or remained the same at nearly 1,400 sites between 1972 and 2012.
The U.S. Geological Survey's Streamer application allows users to explore where their surface water comes from and where it flows to. By clicking on any major stream or river, the user can trace it upstream to its source(s) or downstream to where it joins a larger river or empties into the ocean.
Surface water, like rivers and lakes, as well as groundwater have flows that change all the time. The USGS maps and measures water to help understand the environment and how water moves through it. Maps are important tools in understanding water resources, conditions, and issues.
