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Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments by Major River Basins in the Conterminous United States: Physiographic Provinces

Dates

Release Date
2010-01-01
Publication Date

Citation

Wieczorek, M.E. and LaMotte, A.E., 2010, Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments by Major River Basins in the Conterminous United States: Physiographic Provinces: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9SZ1NEZ.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. This tabular data set represents the area of each physiographic province (Fenneman and Johnson, 1946) in square meters, compiled for every MRB_E2RF1 catchment of selected Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others, 2006). The source data are from Fenneman and Johnson's Physiographic Provinces of the United States, which is based on 8 major divisions, 25 provinces, and 86 sections representing distinctive areas having common topography, rock type [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Michael E. Wieczorek, U.S. Geological Survey
Originator :
Michael E. Wieczorek, Andrew E. LaMotte
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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mrb_e2rf1_physio.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		54.97 KB application/fgdc+xml
mrb_e2rf1_physio_mrb1.zip 114.63 KB application/zip
mrb_e2rf1_physio_mrb2.zip 184.83 KB application/zip
mrb_e2rf1_physio_mrb3.zip 251.17 KB application/zip
mrb_e2rf1_physio_mrb4.zip 267.4 KB application/zip
mrb_e2rf1_physio_mrb5.zip 183.89 KB application/zip
mrb_e2rf1_physio_mrb6.zip 118.48 KB application/zip
mrb_e2rf1_physio_mrb7.zip 256.02 KB application/zip
mrb_e2rf1_physio_mrb8.zip 57.07 KB application/zip
mrb_e2rf1_physio.jpg thumbnail 27.32 KB image/jpeg

Purpose

This tabular data set was created and used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) specifically to estimate the area of each physiographic province per watershed segment in the application of the national SPAtially Referenced Regression On Watershed attributes (SPARROW) model. The SPARROW model relates in-stream water-quality measurements to spatially referenced characteristics of watersheds, including contaminant sources and factors influencing terrestrial and stream transport. The model empirically estimates the origin and fate of contaminants in streams, and quantifies uncertainties in these estimates based on model coefficient error and unexplained variability in the observed data. For more information on the USGS SPARROW model please refer to: https://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/sparrow/intro/intro.html.
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Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9SZ1NEZ

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