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Comparisons: historical - minimum annual streamflow across generations

Detailed Description

A data visualization showing how Minimum Annual Streamflow has changed from generation to generation over the past 100 years. Across the contiguous United States, streamflow has increased by 22% when comparing the baseline “Silent generation” (1920 – 1946) against the Gen Z years (1997-2020). Regionally, streamflow has increased on average for every area of the U.S. other than the Southwest (excluding California) and Southeast, which both have decreased 10-14% since the silent generation. The largest increase was in the south central region, which was an increase of 81%.

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