Images

The Cannonball River at Breien, ND looking East.

Turner Falls, the largest waterfall in Oklahoma, near Davis, Oklahoma. Springs discharging from the Arbuckle-Simpson aquifer into Honey Creek are the source of water to Turner Falls.

Flooded gaging station on the Souris River near Westhope, North Dakota, April 20, 2011.  See other pictures in this gallery with the tag 05124000 to see what the gage house normally looks like - it is on a raised platform on the bank of the river with an access road next to it.

The Coachella Canal is an aqueduct that diverts water from the Colorado River to the Coachella Valley, making possible the extensive agriculture production that drives the economy in this arid region of the United States.

Scientists electrofish low-salinity shorelines, Tarpon Bay, Everglades National Park.

Benthos sampling at Crane Creek, OH.

Solomon Gulch Top of Falls gage house in spring.

Hydrographer C.S. Couvillion drilling Willow Creek for ice discharge measurement.

Weather Station on Tern Island in the middle of Crump Lake protected by bird spikes.

Multiple generations of Salish Sea Tribal members land at the Swinomish Indian Reservation.

Arrival of Salish Sea Tribal Canoes with USGS water quality sampling instrumentation onboard.

As part of an international collaboration, the USGS assessed water availability in Kabul, Afghanistan. The report can be found online.

This photo was taken at USGS gaging station 01055000 on the Swift River near Roxbury, Maine. The falls is most commonly referred to as Swift River Falls and has many potholes and scours that demonstrate the impressive ability of water to errode rock.

The Bois de Sioux river channel near White Rock, SD.

The Bois de Sioux river channel near White Rock, SD.

Christian Bongard collects data from a weather station in the Shenandoah National Park.

Mike Sabatino (volunteer for science) wires a weather station in the Shenandoah National Park

Sample collected from Madison Springs Hut in the White Mountains (~ 5,000 ft above sea level).

Picture of Moraine Lake taken from the south face of South Sister in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area.

Self-portrait of hydrologic technician. Streamgaging is an important facet of the USGS.

USGS biological sampling trap collecting emerging insects to determine the quantity and quality of insects as potential food resources available to insect-eating birds.