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    Data viz: explore our interactive dashboards for drought, precipitation and snowpack
    
    Mitch Tobin – September 30, 2019
    
    These maps and visualizations let you interact with vital data on our water supply.
    
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    Data viz: surveying Colorado River Basin maps
    
    Mitch Tobin – September 9, 2019
    
    This collection of Colorado River Basin maps includes public domain images and other cartographic resources for depicting the watershed.
    
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    Map: monthly average precipitation
    
    The Water Desk – August 19, 2019
    
    This map shows total rain and snowfall in the contiguous United States, every month from 1981 to the present. The map's color…
    
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    Map: weekly drought reports
    
    The Water Desk – August 19, 2019
    
    This map depicts data from the National Drought Mitigation Center. Drought intensity categories are based on numerous indicators and local reports from…
    
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    Map: U.S. dams and reservoirs
    
    The Water Desk – July 1, 2019
    
    The Global Reservoir and Dam Database (GRaND) is a survey listing about 7,000 larger dams and reservoirs worldwide, including 1,920 in the…
    
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    Map: daily nationwide snowpack
    
    The Water Desk – June 10, 2019
    
    This map shows daily snowpack estimates for the contiguous United States since October 2003. Using the dropdown menu above the chart –…
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