Puerto Rico Watershed Indicators by Basin

May 14, 2010 (Last modified May 18, 2010)
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Using basins derived from a hydrologically-corrected 30m resolution DEM as a unit for summary statistics, we provide a series of indicators focused on land-based sources of threat within the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. This includes indicators of a) the relative vulnerability of the land to erosion (based on slope, precipitation and soil erodibility); b) the relative erosion potential (REP) of the land, based on the relative vulnerability of the land, coupled with the current land cover type; c) the sediment delivery rate for each basin (percentage of eroded which reaches the river mouth); d) estimated sediment delivery for the basin, given current land use;
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World Resources Institute, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Title: Puerto Rico Watershed Indicators by Basin
Credits: World Resources Institute, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publication Date: 2005
Publisher: World Resources Institute and US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Title: L. Burke and J. Maidens "Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean," (Washington DC, USA: World Resources Institute, 2004)
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World Resources Institute
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Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, WRI, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. WRI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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preciptation, erosion, sediment, pressure, slope, basin, plume, land cover, coral reefs, threat, sedimentation, watershed, soil
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