Colorado River Basin Science
The Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, a branch of the Southwest Biological Science Center, conducts scientific assessments of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, focused primarily on Lake Powell and the river ecosystem downstream of Glen Canyon Dam.
On this page, we'd like to share related interactive tools and projects by other USGS Centers that cover science across the upper and lower Colorado River Basin.
Click on the image blocks below and the Science, Tools, and News tabs to learn more about USGS science across the Colorado River Basin.
Colorado River Basin Drought and the 2023 Water Year
USGS Science Collaboration Portal for the Colorado River Basin
Colorado River Basin GIS Open Data Portal - courtesy of the Babbitt Center
A map showing the locations of the Upper and Lower Colorado river basins in the contiguous U.S. and 1,865 National Water Information System (NWIS) sites used to calculate total flow.
Below are links to Colorado River Basin science conducted by a number of different USGS centers. This list is not all-inclusive.
To access all of USGS' Colorado River information, including science pages, news, photographs, publications and more, go to https://www.usgs.gov/, search for "Colorado River" in the search bar, and navigate using the drop-down menu.
Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Projects
Drivers of Drought in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Below are links to USGS Colorado River Basin interactive webpages and tools. This list is not all-inclusive.
To access all of USGS' Colorado River information, including science pages, news, photographs, publications and more, go to https://www.usgs.gov/, search for "Colorado River" in the search bar, and navigate using the drop-down menu.
To access all of USGS' Colorado River information, including science pages, news, photographs, publications and more, go to https://www.usgs.gov/, search for "Colorado River" in the search bar, and navigate using the drop-down menu.
The Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, a branch of the Southwest Biological Science Center, conducts scientific assessments of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, focused primarily on Lake Powell and the river ecosystem downstream of Glen Canyon Dam.
On this page, we'd like to share related interactive tools and projects by other USGS Centers that cover science across the upper and lower Colorado River Basin.
Click on the image blocks below and the Science, Tools, and News tabs to learn more about USGS science across the Colorado River Basin.
Colorado River Basin Drought and the 2023 Water Year
USGS Science Collaboration Portal for the Colorado River Basin
Colorado River Basin GIS Open Data Portal - courtesy of the Babbitt Center
A map showing the locations of the Upper and Lower Colorado river basins in the contiguous U.S. and 1,865 National Water Information System (NWIS) sites used to calculate total flow.
Below are links to Colorado River Basin science conducted by a number of different USGS centers. This list is not all-inclusive.
To access all of USGS' Colorado River information, including science pages, news, photographs, publications and more, go to https://www.usgs.gov/, search for "Colorado River" in the search bar, and navigate using the drop-down menu.
Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Projects
Drivers of Drought in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Below are links to USGS Colorado River Basin interactive webpages and tools. This list is not all-inclusive.
To access all of USGS' Colorado River information, including science pages, news, photographs, publications and more, go to https://www.usgs.gov/, search for "Colorado River" in the search bar, and navigate using the drop-down menu.
To access all of USGS' Colorado River information, including science pages, news, photographs, publications and more, go to https://www.usgs.gov/, search for "Colorado River" in the search bar, and navigate using the drop-down menu.