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Study of the earth's landforms, topography, and climate, the distribution of flora and fauna, and the distribution, culture, and activities of human populations.

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The rivers of Mississippi [More info]: Colored maps and geographic descriptions of major river basins in the state of Mississippi.
The sea-floor mapping facility at the U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts [More info]: Fact sheet on the sea-floor mapping facility at Woods Hole describing state-of-the-art technology used to produce accurate geologic maps of the sea floor and reporting on its data-acquisition, data-processing, and archiving capabilities.
Topographic map locator [More info]: Interactive map locator for downloading free USGS topographic maps.
Topographic maps [More info]: General information on topographic maps with links to topographic mapping, USGS topographic maps, digital raster graphics, how to find and order USGS maps, map revision, and map symbols.
Topographic Science [More info]: Explains and illustrates the types of topographic information USGS obtains, how we use this information, and how to obtain topographic data for your own work.
U.S. - Mexico Border Environmental Health Initiative: interactive maps [More info]: Geographic and scientific information focused on health issues in the area of the US-Mexico border
U.S. Geological Survey disaster response and the International Charter for space and major disasters [More info]: How we support an international agreement designed to facilitate the use of remote sensing data for assisting when major disasters occur anywhere on earth.
Understanding risk and resilience to natural hazards [More info]: General approach taken by USGS to providing communities with the tools and information they need to prepare for natural hazards that may affect them.
United States Antarctic Resource Center [More info]: Description of the Antarctic Resources Center and links to its workshops and archives of Antarctic maps, charts, satellite images, and photographs produced by the member nations of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).
United States Geological Survey fire science--Fire danger monitoring and forecasting [More info]: We use moderate resolution satellite data to assess live fuel condition for estimating fire danger. Using 23 years of vegetation condition measurements, we are able to determine the relative greenness of wildland vegetation susceptible to burning.

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