U.S. Drought Monitor http://www.drought.govView Originalu.s.drtmon6.23.2015 The U.S. Drought Monitor is unique, blending numeric measures of drought and experts' best judgment into a single map every week. It started in 1999 as a federal, state, and academic partnership, growing out of a Western Governors' Association initiative to provide timely and understandable scientific information on water supply [...]
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The Chesapeake Bay from the Air (5 minutes)
http://youtu.be/FpJz1wsF6Z8. The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary lying inland from the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the states of Maryland and Virginia. Encompassing over 4,479 square miles, it is the largest such body of water in the United States. More than 150 rivers and streams flow into this estuary. The Bay has become environmentally challenged by the [...]
