Author: Dave Bressler
USGS StreamStats
StreamStats provides access to spatial analytical tools that are useful for water-resources planning and management, and for engineering and design purposes. The map-based user interface can be used to delineate drainage areas, get basin characteristics and estimates of flow statistics, and more. StreamStats Application Useful statistics are provided in the Watershed Characteristics Reports such as % watershed in carbonate rock, % imperviousness, % urban land, precipitation summary stats, and topographic characteristics.
How to See a Stream: Part Two, Stream Monitoring and Impairment
What can one do to help a stream recover from pollution, protect a stream from degradation, or simply understand what the issues and risks are?
How to See a Stream: Part One, Stream Health Dynamics
Streams and the valleys they drain are complex environments. This complexity makes regulating, restoring, and protecting these aquatic systems a complicated process.
