LINKS TO STREAM GEOLOGY
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http://co.water.usgs.gov/projects/CO406/CO406.html
Biosolids, soils, crops, ground water, and streambed sediments in the vicinity
of a biosolids-application area near Deer Trail, Colorado.
http://ga.water.usgs/gov/edu/
This interactive website is a terrific primer on everything you need to know
about water and its crucial role on planet earth.
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/projects/geoweb/participants/dutch/VTrips/Vaiont.HTM
Information on Vaiont Dam, Italy.
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology/GEO_4/GEO_CHAPTER_4_TABLE.HTML
Satellite images of fluvial landforms from around the world with accompanying
commentary, photos, locator maps, and geologic maps
http://library.thinkquest.org/28022/body.html
Animation to portray river erosion, volume, transportation, and velocity
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/tour/rivers.htm
National Park Service (NPS) Geology of River Systems
http://water.usgs.gov/realtime.html
Access a national map depicting streamflow conditions (height and discharge) as
a percentile of a particular location's long term average. Also provides a
National Weather Service (NWS) map depicting active flood warnings.
http://water.usgs.gov/public/watuse
Water Use Data
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/sw
Discover the occurence of a location's greatest floods and then, based on
topographic maps, coloring portions of the floodplain innundated.
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/bigmain.html
Active warnings for U.S. locations experiencing flooding and flash flooding.
http://vcourseware.sonoma.edu/VirtualRiver/Flooding
Flash animations and interactive testing to depict discharge, flooding, and
flood frequency
http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/
50 river basins and aquifers discussed in terms of water chemistry, hydrology,
land use, stream habitat, and aquatic life
http://www.epa.gov/iwi
Environmental information on any watershed in the U.S. and info on toxic
releases, fish advisories, and Superfund sites found within a watershed
http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/nationswaters
Water pollution and how water quality is determined, the big
three pollutants, pollutant origin, wetlands, groundwater, and ideas for science
projects
http://archive.globe.gov/sda-bin/wt/ghp/tg+L(en)+UP(hydrology)Contents
Clear, readable procedures for students conducting field projects involving
river quality
http://webserver.cr.usgs.gov/sediment
Access over 1500 stations measuring of suspended-sediment magnitude from another
the U.S.
http://www.nps.gov/rivers
Publications on what constitutes a "Wild and Scenic River." Locate rivers
by state and what to see while traveling on these rivers
http://www.americanwhitewater.org/gauges/
Online River Gauges: Listing of online river level, and flow
gauges provided by the American Whitewater Affiliation.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flood
Nova Online: Takes a look at the history of floods, the
midwestern flood of 1993, the benefits of floods, and more.
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~richardw2
The Dam Site
http://drought.unl.edu/dm
Link to the U.S. drought monitor
http://www.iaw.com/~falls/origins.html
Origins of Niagara Falls- A
geological History
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/nd_geology/
Geology in North Dakota: Resources for students,
teachers,
geologists and the public. Stream features.
http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/wow/index.html
Lab on the Lake: Earth-gouging glaciers retreating northward at
the end of the last ice age blessed Minnesota with its 12,000
lakes . Several of those lakes now form the ceterpiece of Water
on the Web, a site for teaching high school and first-year
college students science and math concepts thrugh lessons on
limnology, or the study of lakes, rivers and streams.
http://www.riverwatch.noaa.gov
River Forcasts: Forcasts for Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, and
Ohio Rivers from NOAA
http://www.sentex.net/~tcc/pothole.html
Mystery of Pothole Origins: Photo essay on potholes of the
Niagra Escsarpment. Links to other sites on potholes
http://water.usgs.gov/swr/
Historical Stream Flow
http://water.usgs.gov/nwc
National Water Conditions
http://water.usgs.gov
Water resources of the United States brought to us by the
USGS.
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis
General water resource data with over 1.5 million sites described throughout the
U.S. Real and near real time data exist for surface water, ground water,
and water equality.
http://darmouth.edu/-floods
Archive of major floods back to 1985; also includes current information
http://www.sciencecourseware.com/VirtualRiver/
Virtual river
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17177
Confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi
http://water.nml.uib.no/
Water Resource Network
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flood
Nova Online: Takes a look at the history of floods, the
midwestern flood of 1993, the benefits of floods, and more.
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/COGA/geogweb/manitousprings/
Flood hazards of Manitou Springs, CO
http://www.desertusa.com/gc/gcd/du_glencandamtour.html
Glen Canyon Dam Tour
http://www.3rivers.net/~dbaker/gtfalls.htm
Great Falls area geology field trip
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/5112/week.html
Himalayan Lakes
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/5112/garh1.html
Garhwal East Himalayas
http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/target/units/river/riverweb.html
A guided tour of the LA River
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Geology/webdogs/vftrips/ky/rrg.html
Red River Gorge field trip, University of Kentucky
http://www.sentex.net/~tcc/pothole.html
Mystery of Pothole Origins: Photo essay on potholes of the
Niagra Escsarpment. Links to other sites on potholes
http://online.redwoods.cc.ca.us/depts/science/earth/smith/smith.htm
Geology of the Smith River - A Virtual Trip
Through The Josephine Ophiolite
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/ocoee2/
The Geologic Story of the Ocoee River in the Cherokee National Forest of
southeaster Tennessee.
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/geoenvirn/orinoco/summary/main/front.htm
Geo-Environmental Characterization of the Delta del Orinoco.
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
U.S Drought Monitor