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Surface water (non-marine)

Open bodies of water, such as lakes, rivers, or streams. All non-marine waters on the surface of the earth, including fresh, brackish, and salt water.

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River systems (34 items)
Surface-water level (7 items)

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Rio Grande data project [More info]: Water-resource related projects on the Rio Grande ongoing or completed by Federal, state, local, or other agencies, to facilitate sharing of data related to the Rio Grande.
River corridor habitat dynamics, Lower Missouri River [More info]: Detailed description of The Lower Missouri River Corridor Habitat Dynamics Project studying river habitat in a heavily engineered river.
Science In Your Watershed [More info]: Enables you to identify and locate a specific watershed, find scientific publications or research work going on there, and begin to integrate observations of your watershed with other data.
Science to support the understanding of Ohio's water resources [More info]: Short descriptions of a variety of ongoing USGS studies focused on water resources in Ohio.
Streamflow statistics for US states [More info]: Streamflow statistics and basin characteristics for most streams in specific US states using the Streamstats program. Data for areas can be selected from interactive maps and by an automated process. Includes a tutorial.
Summary of Bed-Sediment Measurements Along the Platte River, Nebraska, 1931-2009 [More info]: Studies of the size of bed sediment along the length of a river through time show how the river channel will be affected by development or management efforts.
Summary of estimated water use in the United States in 2005 [More info]: Estimates the amount of several types of water (surface or groundwater, freshwater or saltwater) withdrawn for use in 2005, detailing the major activities for which the water was used.
Surface water information pages [More info]: Lead page for detailed United States surface water information with links to real-time and historic streamflow data, suspended sediment data, USGS programs and facilities, publications, techniques, and featured news releases.
Surface-water data and statistics from U.S. Geological Survey data-collection networks in New Jersey on the world wide web [More info]: Streamflow-gaging and water quality sampling sites with real-time and historical surface-water data for many of the sites in New Jersey.
Surface-water data for Alabama [More info]: Consistent, historic, and up-to-date surface-water data, such as gage height (stage) and streamflow (discharge), collected at major rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, downloadable from the USGS National Water Information System as graphs, tables, or files.

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