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National Hydrography Dataset Linked Data Registry [Folder View]

The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) are used to portray surface water on The National Map. The NHD represents the drainage network with features such as rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, coastline, dams, and streamgages. An important use of the NHD is the analysis of surface-water systems. This analysis is possible because many types of location information can be linked to the NHD, such as flow-volume, velocity, temperature, water chemistry, pollution control classifications, aquatic species habitat, recreation designations, or water rights. Such network-linked data is typically maintained by various organizations at Federal, State, and local levels, as well as research, conservation, academic, and industry organizations. USGS encourages organizations who link their data to the NHD to share their data. To that end, we now encourage organizations to post their network-linked data to the USGS ScienceBase, National Hydrography Dataset Linked Data Registry.