BASINS Metadata
Metadata or "data about data" describes the content, quality, condition, and other characteristics of data. Geospatial metadata are critical to data discovery and serves as the fuel for the Geospatial One-Stop data portal.
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Spatially Distributed Data in BASINS
- Land use/land cover
- Urbanized areas
- Populated place locations
- Reach File Version 1 (RF1)
- Soils (STATSGO)
- Elevation (DEM)
- National Elevation Dataset (NED)
- Major roads
- USGS hydrologic unit boundaries
- EPA regional boundaries
- State boundaries
- County boundaries
- Federal and Indian Lands
- Ecoregions