SIM2012-3213 Bathymetric Contours of Breckenridge Reservoir, Quantico, Virginia

Description

Bathymetric data were collected using a boat-mounted Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), a type of differential global positioning system, echo depth-sounding equipment, and computer software. Data were exported into a geographic information system and converted into a point layer. These data points were used to create a triangulated irregular network (TIN) from which 2-foot contours were created. The contours were then clipped with a manually digitized outline of the reservoir shoreline and edited for errors. The resulting data was used for mapping purposes and for calculating area and volume statistics.

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Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.b0e5160d-5327-44c3-8dea-bc9e13b63ba4.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P9L8WXQ4

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  • environment
  • usgs-b0e5160d-5327-44c3-8dea-bc9e13b63ba4
  • hydrography
  • breckenridge-reservoir
  • reservior
  • geoscientificinformation
  • inlandwaters
  • stafford-county-virginia
  • prince-william-county-virginia
  • bathymetric-contours
  • lake
  • quantico-virginia

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