Watershed profiles: North America

Source: Carmen Revenga, Siobhan Murray, Janet Abramovitz, and Allen Hammond. 1998. Watersheds of the world: Ecological value and vulnerability.

Yukon Mackenzie Thelon Fraser Nelson Columbia Sacramento Saint Lawrence Susquehanna Hudson Mississippi Colorado Yaqui Rio Grande Brazos Alabama & Tombigbee Rio Grande de Santiago Balsas Usumacinta

Each of these watershed profiles (available online in PDF format only) includes a locator map, a bar chart of land cover and use within a five kilometer buffer from major rivers, and 24 indicators that characterize each basin. Subbasins are included after the primary basin within which they fall.

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