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This diagram shows the values and indicators used in the Orinoco River Basin report card.
Orinoco River Basin values
This diagram depicts potential indicators for the Arkansas River and Red River sub-basin, one of the five major sub-basins of the Mississippi River.
Potential indicators for the Arkansas River and…
The diagram lists potential indicators for the Ohio River Basin that were generated at the workshop. The goals listed in this diagram are representative of the things people value in the Ohio River Basin watershed.
Potential Indicators for the Ohio River Basin
Several connections were made at the Lower Mississippi River Basin workshops. These connections will be used to develop a basin-wide report card for the watershed.
Lower Mississippi Workshop Connections
Gutters and downspouts installed onto buildings direct rainwater from roofs to rain gardens. Plants with deep root systems encourage stormwater infiltration and absorbs excess nutrient runoff.
Multiple Benefits of Rain Gardens
Looking out over the the wetlands from a vehicle in Virginia, USA
Virginia Wetlands
Looking out over the the wetlands in Virginia, USA
Virginia Wetlands
This is an example of a hardended shoreline with residential development very close to the water. As an example, this type of development is often on septic systems which can leach and input nutrients into the nearby waters.
Hardened shoreline associated with development
Diagram showing the landscape of the Chenier and Deltaic Plains of coastal Louisiana.
Diagram showing the landscape of the Chenier and…
Diagram showing ecosystems of the Chenier Plain of coastal Louisiana.
Diagram showing ecosystems of the Chenier Plain…
Diagram showing ecosystems of the Deltaic Plain of coastal Louisiana.
Diagram showing ecosystems of the Deltaic Plain…
Diagram showing hydrology of the Deltaic Plain of coastal Louisiana.
Diagram showing hydrology of the Deltaic Plain of…
Diagram showing hydrology on the Chenier Plain of coastal Louisiana.
Diagram showing hydrology on the Chenier Plain of…
Diagram showing trade-offs in Deltaic and Chenier Plain sediment use in coastal Louisiana.
Diagram showing trade-offs in Deltaic and Chenier…
Diagram showing trade-offs in riverine sediment use in coastal Louisiana.
Diagram showing trade-offs in riverine sediment…
Illustration of poorly understood systems
Poorly understood systems
Illustration of river base comparison between natural and developed systems
River 3D: comparison natural vs. developed

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