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| | The National Hydrography Dataset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is a comprehensive set of digital spatial data that encodes information about naturally occurring and constructed bodies of water, paths through which water flows, and related entities. |
 | | The data were organized in the DLG optional format, were tiled in quadrangles, were edge-matched, were from the DLG "hydrography" data category, and were in the Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system, North American Datum of 1927 (NAD27). |
 | | hydrography — (1) The science comprising the description, study, and mapping of the waters of the Earth's surface (the seas, lakes, rivers, and so on), including their forms and physical features. |
| nhd.usgs.gov /chapter1 (10950 words) |
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