Relative sediment delivery at the mouth of rivers in the Gulf of Mexico

Publication Date

2004

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This data set was derived at the World Resources Institute for input to the Reefs at Risk sedimentation and pollution from watershed based sources threat analysis. Agriculture, though important to economic development and food security, is a source of increased sediment, nutrient, and pesticide runoff. Threats from sedimentation and pollution from inland sources were modeled for over 3,000 watersheds discharging into the Caribbean. The indicators developed by the Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean project enable detailed comparative analyses of threats on many scales. The Reefs at Risk indicators are a simplification of human activities and complex natural processes.

• Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative
• LC MAP - Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal

Data source

Input directly