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EDNA Methodology Stage 1B

Detailed Description

The Pfafstetter code is based on the methodology. Within a watershed boundary, the mainstem streamline is numbered one, and the four largest tributaries off the mainstem are assigned even numbered basins (2, 4, 6, & 8) 

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