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- description: This data set represents the area of Hydrologic Landscape Regions (HLR) compiled for every catchment of NHDPlus
for the conterminous United States. The source data set is a 100-meter version of Hydrologic Landscape Regions of the United
States (Wolock, 2003). HLR groups watersheds on the basis of similarities in land-surface form, geologic texture, and climate
characteristics. The NHDPlus Version 1.1 is an integrated suite of application-ready geospatial datasets that incorporates
many of the best features of the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and the National Elevation Dataset (NED). The NHDPlus
includes a stream network (based on the 1:100,00-scale NHD), improved networking, naming, and value-added attributes (VAAs).
NHDPlus also includes elevation-derived catchments (drainage areas) produced using a drainage enforcement technique first
widely used in New England, and thus referred to as "the New England Method." This technique involves "burning
in" the 1:100,000-scale NHD and when available building "walls" using the National Watershed Boundary Dataset
(WBD). The resulting modified digital elevation model (HydroDEM) is used to produce hydrologic derivatives that agree with
the NHD and WBD. Over the past two years, an interdisciplinary team from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA), and contractors, found that this method produces the best quality NHD catchments using an automated
process (USEPA, 2007). The NHDPlus dataset is organized by 18 Production Units that cover the conterminous United States.
The NHDPlus version 1.1 data are grouped by the U.S. Geologic Survey's Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others,
2006). MRB1, covering the New England and Mid-Atlantic River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Units 1 and 2. MRB2, covering
the South Atlantic-Gulf and Tennessee River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Units 3 and 6. MRB3, covering the Great Lakes,
Ohio, Upper Mississippi, and Souris-Red-Rainy River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Units 4, 5, 7 and 9. MRB4, covering
the Missouri River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Units 10-lower and 10-upper. MRB5, covering the Lower Mississippi,
Arkansas-White-Red, and Texas-Gulf River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Units 8, 11 and 12. MRB6, covering the Rio Grande,
Colorado and Great Basin River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Units 13, 14, 15 and 16. MRB7, covering the Pacific Northwest
River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Unit 17. MRB8, covering California River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Unit
18.; abstract: This data set represents the area of Hydrologic Landscape Regions (HLR) compiled for every catchment of NHDPlus
for the conterminous United States. The source data set is a 100-meter version of Hydrologic Landscape Regions of the United
States (Wolock, 2003). HLR groups watersheds on the basis of similarities in land-surface form, geologic texture, and climate
characteristics. The NHDPlus Version 1.1 is an integrated suite of application-ready geospatial datasets that incorporates
many of the best features of the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and the National Elevation Dataset (NED). The NHDPlus
includes a stream network (based on the 1:100,00-scale NHD), improved networking, naming, and value-added attributes (VAAs).
NHDPlus also includes elevation-derived catchments (drainage areas) produced using a drainage enforcement technique first
widely used in New England, and thus referred to as "the New England Method." This technique involves "burning
in" the 1:100,000-scale NHD and when available building "walls" using the National Watershed Boundary Dataset
(WBD). The resulting modified digital elevation model (HydroDEM) is used to produce hydrologic derivatives that agree with
the NHD and WBD. Over the past two years, an interdisciplinary team from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA), and contractors, found that this method produces the best quality NHD catchments using an automated
process (USEPA, 2007). The NHDPlus dataset is organized by 18 Production Units that cover the conterminous United States.
The NHDPlus version 1.1 data are grouped by the U.S. Geologic Survey's Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others,
2006). MRB1, covering the New England and Mid-Atlantic River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Units 1 and 2. MRB2, covering
the South Atlantic-Gulf and Tennessee River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Units 3 and 6. MRB3, covering the Great Lakes,
Ohio, Upper Mississippi, and Souris-Red-Rainy River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Units 4, 5, 7 and 9. MRB4, covering
the Missouri River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Units 10-lower and 10-upper. MRB5, covering the Lower Mississippi,
Arkansas-White-Red, and Texas-Gulf River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Units 8, 11 and 12. MRB6, covering the Rio Grande,
Colorado and Great Basin River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Units 13, 14, 15 and 16. MRB7, covering the Pacific Northwest
River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Unit 17. MRB8, covering California River basins, contains NHDPlus Production Unit
18.
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- Title Attributes for NHDPlus Catchments (Version 1.1) for the Conterminous United States: Hydrologic Landscape Regions.
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2018-05-21T12:52:13.854534
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