Current hydrologic conditions, flood summaries, river forecasts, and related information for the U.S. Also links to other hydrometeorological information resources. www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic
General description of and information about the 1,300-mile Upper Mississippi River System. Includes heritage, economic, and environmental information and details of current threats faced by the river. www.umesc.usgs.gov/umesc_about/about_umrs.html
Web-based class describes how cableways are used for measuring stream flow and how to inspect a cableway before it is used. wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/sws/cableways
Mainly European information on river-basins, ecological projects, organizations working on rivers, and threats to rivers. Includes comprehensive page of European river links. Multilingual site. www.rivernet.org
UK government agency concerned mainly with rivers, flooding, and pollution. Site includes public information and educational materials, "What's in your backyard?" pollution database, and current flood warnings for the UK. www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Environmental Protection Agency's service to help citizens locate environmental information about their local regions. Includes atlas of watersheds, how to adopt your local watershed, and watershed indicators. www.epa.gov/surf
Provides comparative ecological and other information about 16 of the world's major rivers: Congo, Mississippi, Columbia, Blackstone, Volga, Ganges, Pawtuxet, Connecticut, Colorado, Amazon, Missouri, Murray-Darling, Hudson, Nile, Euphrates, and Housatonic web.bryant.edu/~langlois/ecology/riversproject.htm
Committed to solving river problems through grassroots citizen action. Works with private land owners and public agencies to acquire and conserve critical areas. Site includes resources for local groups, grants for local projects, and details of the River www.rivernetwork.org
Non-profit educational organization dedicated to watershed management with members in 28 US states and 3 countries. Site includes newsletters, conference reports, and educational information. www.watershed.org
Examines political and environmental issues surrounding a proposed irrigation project in Egypt, the effect on the River Nile, and the possibility of "water wars" between Egypt and other countries who depend on the Nile. www.geocities.com/khodari/index0.html
U.S. government program to protect and restore America's rivers and their watersheds. Includes information to help local communities become involved in river projects. www.epa.gov/rivers
American Rivers is a national non-profit conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring America's rivers and to fostering a river stewardship ethic. www.americanrivers.org
ACF's Healthy Rivers and Waters campaign aims to improve the quality of rivers and return them to their natural state. Includes information about restoring the Murray Darling and Snowy rivers and campaigns against dams in Australia. www.acfonline.org.au/asp/pages/intro.asp?idTopic=14
American Whitewater aims to conserve and restore America's whitewater resources and to enhance opportunities to enjoy them safely. Activities include education, conservation, events, safety, and river access. www.americanwhitewater.org
Essay by J. G. Imhof of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Includes a classification of stream types (with examples from Ontario) and explains how different streams favor different species. collections.ic.gc.ca/streams/watersheds/ten_rivers.html
Directory of some grassroots activists and non-governmental organizations engaged in dam decommissioning and river restoration activities, with notes on their particular interests. www.irn.org/revival/decom/orgs/orgs.html
USDA Forest Service organization that develops and implements methdologies for study of stream hydrology. Site provides information about physical aspects of wildland streams, especially fluvial geomorphology. www.stream.fs.fed.us/index.html
A conservation effort cleaning this Maryland river. Includes a brief history, timeline, famous events, environmental news, updates, photos, and pictures. www.geocities.com/../..
The AIRC is a research center attached to Yunnan University in Kunming, China. It was founded to conduct research, develop information and decision support tools, and build human capacity. airc.ynu.edu.cn
Advanced hydrologic prediction service providing links to thirteen US regional river forecast centers where floods and/or droughts are forecast hours to months into the future. www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps/rfc.php
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