Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Lakes
Description
The 2022 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill - the appropriations bill that funds the USGS - established a regional Integrated Water Availability Assessment study program in the Great Basin of the American West. Twenty saline lakes across California, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah were identified by USGS partners as priority ecosystems. They include: California: Eagle Lake, Honey Lake, Mono Lake, Owens Lake; Utah: The Great Salt Lake and Sevier Lake; Nevada: Carson Lake, Carson Sink, Franklin Lake, Pyramid Lake, Ruby Lake, Walker Lake, Winnemucca Lake; Oregon: Lake Abert, Harney Lake, Malheur Lake, Silver Lake, Summer Lake, the Warner Lakes; California/Oregon: Goose Lake
Resources
| Name |
Format |
Description |
Link |
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55 |
Landing page for access to the data |
https://doi.org/10.5066/P13QP2TK |
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55 |
The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.667f1a25d34e2cb7853eaf4f.xml |
Tags
- environment
- utah
- biota
- geospatial-datasets
- california
- usgs-667f1a25d34e2cb7853eaf4f
- inlandwaters
- aquatic-ecosystems
- desert-ecosystems
- shrubland-ecosystems
- surface-water-non-marine
- oregon
- nevada