Science, Environment, Water Resources, Rivers and Streams
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- An independent, international, multi-stakeholder process produced a report addressing controversial issues associated with large dams.
- Sample photos of stream projects in the US, plus a large collection of links to other websites.
- Rivers of the Earth ranked by river length, river system length, drainage basin area, and average discharge rate.
- Award-winning, international education program that involves young people in hands-on river education, conservation, and restoration projects.
- Web-based class describes how cableways are used for measuring stream flow and how to inspect a cableway before it is used.
- Wide range of information about the River Thames in England. Includes geology, geography, statistics, navigation, history, pollution, locks, origins of place names, and boat mooring information.
- Committed to solving river problems through grassroots citizen action. Works with private land owners and public agencies to acquire and conserve critical areas. Site includes resources for local groups, grants for local projects, and details of the River
- Information about Riparian Management Systems how they help protect water quality through nitrate, phosphorus, and sediment removal. Site from Iowa State University includes details of project sites, FAQs, publications, and research details.
- Network of river groups in the UK and Ireland. Site includes regularly updated news and a message board for the UK rivers community.
- Non-profit educational organization dedicated to watershed management with members in 28 US states and 3 countries. Site includes newsletters, conference reports, and educational information.
- An overview of the status of riparian ecosystems in the U.S. and guidelines for restoring and creating them.
- A conservation effort cleaning this Maryland river. Includes a brief history, timeline, famous events, environmental news, updates, photos, and pictures.
- Mainly European information on river-basins, ecological projects, organizations working on rivers, and threats to rivers. Includes comprehensive page of European river links. Multilingual site.
- Online course provides a basic understanding of techniques the USGS uses to collect streamflow data.
- Current hydrologic conditions, flood summaries, river forecasts, and related information for the U.S. Also links to other hydrometeorological information resources.
- Links to USGS sites across the United States serving data on real-time streamflow via satellite and modem.
- The National Rivers Website provides information on canoeing, kayaking, fly-fishing, rafting, river conservation, river access, and river navigability law.
- U.S. government program to protect and restore America's rivers and their watersheds. Includes information to help local communities become involved in river projects.
- Essays on the management of land and water sheds in Western Washington State.
- Dedicated to the conservation and improved management of waterways worldwide. News bulletins and pictures.
- An organization of citizens who are worried about negative impact on the environment caused by rafting.
- Provides facts, maps, photos and information on the Nile river and Cairo.
- An EU-funded project that aims to achieve integrated catchment management and sustainable use of water resources at a catchment scale. Focuses on three coastal seas (Mediterranean Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea) and six associated river catchments (Vistula,
- About this organization's river basin conservation activities and the concerns that motivate them.
- USDA Forest Service organization that develops and implements methdologies for study of stream hydrology. Site provides information about physical aspects of wildland streams, especially fluvial geomorphology.
- Essay by J. G. Imhof of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Includes a classification of stream types (with examples from Ontario) and explains how different streams favor different species.
- Environmental Protection Agency's service to help citizens locate environmental information about their local regions. Includes atlas of watersheds, how to adopt your local watershed, and watershed indicators.
- American Rivers is a national non-profit conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring America's rivers and to fostering a river stewardship ethic.
- Real time river level information in British Columbia and Yukon Territory, from Environment Canada.
- International journal of basic and applied scientific research on biological, ecological, geomorphological, hydrological, engineering and geographical aspects of rivers. Free access to abstracts.
- American Whitewater aims to conserve and restore America's whitewater resources and to enhance opportunities to enjoy them safely. Activities include education, conservation, events, safety, and river access.
- The AIRC is a research center attached to Yunnan University in Kunming, China. It was founded to conduct research, develop information and decision support tools, and build human capacity.
- Spatial and temporal analysis of precipitation, temperature and potential evaporation in the Yunnan Upper Salween (Nujiang) River Basin.
- General description of and information about the 1,300-mile Upper Mississippi River System. Includes heritage, economic, and environmental information and details of current threats faced by the river.
- Definitive statistical tables from World Resources 2000-2001 covering Freshwater Resources and Withdrawals, Groundwater and Desalinization, and Major Watersheds of the World. (Tables are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format only.)
- The World Resources Institute reports that the world's freshwater ecosystems are dangerously degraded. Provided as HTML and PDF.
- Advanced hydrologic prediction service providing links to thirteen US regional river forecast centers where floods and/or droughts are forecast hours to months into the future.
- Examines political and environmental issues surrounding a proposed irrigation project in Egypt, the effect on the River Nile, and the possibility of "water wars" between Egypt and other countries who depend on the Nile.
- Scientists are working on issues related to the geomorphic and ecological effects of dam removal. Listserv offers information on recent dam removals.
- UK government agency concerned mainly with rivers, flooding, and pollution. Site includes public information and educational materials, "What's in your backyard?" pollution database, and current flood warnings for the UK.
- Provides comparative ecological and other information about 16 of the world's major rivers: Congo, Mississippi, Columbia, Blackstone, Volga, Ganges, Pawtuxet, Connecticut, Colorado, Amazon, Missouri, Murray-Darling, Hudson, Nile, Euphrates, and Housatonic
- Directory of some grassroots activists and non-governmental organizations engaged in dam decommissioning and river restoration activities, with notes on their particular interests.
- A private, nonprofit trust that works cooperatively with landowners to increase tributary flow to benefit Montana's native fish species.
- International journal of interdisciplinary research into river management, including the effects of major dams, weirs, canalization, and water transfers. Free access to abstracts of back issues.
- ACF's Healthy Rivers and Waters campaign aims to improve the quality of rivers and return them to their natural state. Includes information about restoring the Murray Darling and Snowy rivers and campaigns against dams in Australia.
- IRN campaigns for sustainable development practices and conservation of rivers and their watersheds throughout the world.
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