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What: The Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) provides access to still-frame images and time lapse videos from active USGS webcams.
You'll Find: Still-frame images, time lapse videos, and timeseries data charts for water resources.
Next You Can: Students can view videos, images, and data charts of various water resources
What: WaterWatch displays maps, graphs, and tables describing real-time, recent, and past streamflow conditions for the United States, including flood and droughts. Real-time information generally is updated on an hourly basis.
You'll Find: Maps, graphs, and tables describing streamflow conditions.
Next You Can: Students can view maps, graphs, and tables to determine streamflow conditions within the US.
Use for: Streamflow
Data Skills: Read and interpret maps, graphs, and tables
What: The mapper shows stream trends in water chemistry and aquatic ecology for four time periods from 1972-2012.
You'll Find: Results from the largest-ever assessment of water-quality changes in the Nation's streams and rivers
Next You Can: Students can view water-quality records from over 600 Federal, State, Tribal, and local organizations were screened as part of this assessment.
Use for: Water quality, stream trends
Data Skills: Interpret data records and trends within a specific time period