Watersheds of North America

Oct 22, 2015
Uploaded by Carlos Carroll
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This dataset is derived from the following three sources:

Nested Watersheds of Mexico (Field: Size 2):
http://adaptwest.databasin.org/datasets/0794b8e6f4504d16a6b756e4b9b7a804

USGS HUC8 Watershed Boundaries:
http://nhd.usgs.gov/wbd.html

WSC sub-sub drainage areas of Canada:
http://geogratis.gc.ca/api/en/nrcan-rncan/ess-sst/30b33615-6dda-51a5-a9dd-308802714a28.html

The primary purpose of this shapefile is for use in the Adaptwest Watershed Data Explorer <http://adaptwest.databasin.org/app/watershed-climate-explorer>. Therefore, after merging the 3 shapefiles listed above, the resulting shapefile was modified to remove small sliver features.
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Nested Watersheds of Mexico:
http://adaptwest.databasin.org/datasets/0794b8e6f4504d16a6b756e4b9b7a804

USGS HUC8 Watershed Boundaries:
http://nhd.usgs.gov/wbd.html

WSC sub-sub drainage areas of Canada:
http://geogratis.gc.ca/api/en/nrcan-rncan/ess-sst/30b33615-6dda-51a5-a9dd-308802714a28.html
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Carlos Carroll
Researcher with KCCR

As the director of the Klamath Center for Conservation Research in Orleans, CA, my research focuses on the use of habitat and viability models in conservation planning in western North America. I also serve as Conservation Science Advisor to the Wilburforce Foundation, and as the Policy Chair of the...