12 interior region names based on watersheds · 2019. 10. 18. · 12 interior region names based on...
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Washington D.C.
Proposed DOI Region
State BoundaryWatershed:
AlaskaArkansas-White-RedCaliforniaGreat BasinGreat LakesLower ColoradoLower MississippiMid AtlanticMissouriNew EnglandOhioPacific NorthwestRio GrandeSouris-Red-RainySouth Atlantic-GulfTennesseeTexas-GulfUpper ColoradoUpper Mississippi
Regional headquartersnot yet determined
As of Monday, June 18, 2018
UpperMississippi
Basin4
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
HawaiiAmericanSamoa Guam
160°W180°160°E 30°N
10°N
10°S
Joint Management Areas Based on County Boundaries13 Regions Not Splitting National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, or National Forests
Gulf of Mexico249,026 miles2
Pacific388,270 miles2
0 80 160 240 320Miles
Conterminous U.S. and Hawaii
0 150 300 450 600 750Miles
Map by John Kosovich and Brendan BerveUSGS National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
Denver, COJuly 20, 2018
Arkansas-White-Red
California
GreatBasin
GreatLakes
LowerColorado
LowerMississippi
MidAtlanticMissouri
NewEngland
Ohio
PacificNorthwest
Rio Grande
Souris-Red-Rainy
SouthAtlantic-Gulf
Tennessee
Texas-Gulf
UpperColorado
UpperMississippi
12 Interior Region Names Based on WatershedsAlaska
11
North Atlantic-Appalachian
1
SouthAtlantic-Gulf
2
GreatLakes
3Missouri
Basin5
LowerColorado
Basin8
Columbia-Pacific
Northwest9
California-Great Basin
10
Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf
6
MississippiBasin
4
UpperColorado
Basin7
Pacific Islands12- Hawaii
- Guam- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands- American Samoa
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological SurveyMap date: October 18, 2019
Puerto Rico andU.S. Virgin Islands
(Region 2)