Great Basin Montane Watersheds - Watersheds (Feature Layer)

Multiple research and management partners collaboratively developed a multiscale approach for assessing the geomorphic sensitivity of streams and ecological resilience of riparian and meadow ecosystems in upland watersheds of the Great Basin to disturbances and management actions. The approach builds on long-term work by the partners on the responses of these systems to disturbances and management actions. At the core of the assessments is information on past and present watershed and stream channel characteristics, geomorphic and hydrologic processes, and riparian and meadow vegetation. In this report, we describe the approach used to delineate Great Basin mountain ranges and the watersheds within them, and the data that are available for the individual watersheds. We also describe the resulting database and the data sources. Furthermore, we summarize information on the characteristics of the regions and watersheds within the regions and the implications of the assessments for geomorphic sensitivity and ecological resilience. The target audience for this multiscale approach is managers and stakeholders interested in assessing and adaptively managing Great Basin stream systems and riparian and meadow ecosystems. Anyone interested in delineating the mountain ranges and watersheds within the Great Basin or quantifying the characteristics of the watersheds will be interested in this report. For more information, visit: https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/61573Metadata and DownloadsThis record was taken from the USDA Enterprise Data Inventory that feeds into the https://data.gov catalog. Data for this record includes the following resources: ISO-19139 metadata ArcGIS Hub Dataset ArcGIS GeoService CSV Shapefile GeoJSON KML For complete information, please visit https://data.gov.多家科研与管理合作方联合开发了一套多尺度评估方法，用于研判大盆地（Great Basin）高地流域内溪流的地貌敏感性（geomorphic sensitivity）以及河岸带（riparian）与草甸生态系统的生态韧性（ecological resilience），以应对各类扰动与管理举措。该方法植根于合作方长期以来针对此类系统对扰动及管理举措的响应所开展的研究工作。评估的核心支撑信息涵盖流域与河道的历史及现状特征、地貌与水文过程，以及河岸带与草甸植被群落。本报告详述了用于划定大盆地山脉及其内部流域的方法，以及可供给各单个流域使用的配套数据集；同时介绍了本次研究生成的数据库及其数据溯源情况。此外，本报告还梳理了研究区域及区域内各流域的特征信息，并阐释了本次评估在地貌敏感性与生态韧性层面的应用价值与指导意义。本多尺度方法的目标受众为有意向开展大盆地溪流系统、河岸带与草甸生态系统评估及适应性管理的管理人员与利益相关方。任何有意向划定大盆地内山脉与流域，或量化流域特征的从业者与研究者均会对本报告产生兴趣。如需获取更多信息及元数据与下载资源，请访问：https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/61573。本数据集记录源自接入https://data.gov目录平台的美国农业部（United States Department of Agriculture, USDA）企业数据清单。本记录对应的数据集包含以下资源：ISO-19139元数据、ArcGIS Hub数据集、ArcGIS地理服务（ArcGIS GeoService）、CSV、Shapefile、GeoJSON、KML。如需获取完整数据集信息，请访问https://data.gov。