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  2. Watershed management - Wikipedia

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    Watershed management is the study of the relevant characteristics of a watershed aimed at the sustainable distribution of its resources and the process of creating and implementing plans, programs and projects to sustain and enhance watershed functions that affect the plant, animal, and human communities within the watershed boundary. [1]

  3. List of watershed topics - Wikipedia

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    Watershed management, the management of drainage basins; Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, a United States law controlling drainage and water storage; Watershed district (Minnesota), one of a number of government entities in the US state of Minnesota which monitor and regulate the use of water in drainage basins

  4. SMS (hydrology software) - Wikipedia

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    Version 9.2 introduced the use of XMDF (eXtensible Model Data Format), which is a compatible extension of HDF5. XMDF files are smaller and allow faster access times than ASCII files. The Watershed Modeling System (WMS) is a proprietary water modeling software application used to develop watershed computer simulations.

  5. Project management information system - Wikipedia

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    A project management information system (PMIS) is the logical organization of the information required for an organization to execute projects successfully. A PMIS is typically one or more software applications and a methodical process for collecting and using project information.

  6. Watershed delineation - Wikipedia

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    Watershed delineation is the process of identifying the boundary of a watershed, also referred to as a catchment, drainage basin, or river basin.It is an important step in many areas of environmental science, engineering, and management, for example to study flooding, aquatic habitat, or water pollution.

  7. Hydrological model - Wikipedia

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    A hydrologic model is a simplification of a real-world system (e.g., surface water, soil water, wetland, groundwater, estuary) that aids in understanding, predicting, and managing water resources. Both the flow and quality of water are commonly studied using hydrologic models.

  8. GIS and hydrology - Wikipedia

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    Using digital elevation models combined with peak discharge data can predict which areas of a floodplain will be submerged depending on the amount of rainfall. In a study of the Illinois River watershed, Rabie (2014) [6] found that a decently accurate flood risk map could be generated using only DEMs and stream gauge data. Analysis based on ...

  9. Land management - Wikipedia

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    Land management is the process of managing the use and development of land resources.. Sustainable land management (SLM) is the set of practices and technologies that aim to integrate the management of land, water, and other environmental resources to meet human needs while ensuring long-term sustainability, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and livelihoods.