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Geological Survey 6 Coordinating River Science Activities at the
USGS Within the USGS organizational structure, all the
disciplinary building blocks exist for a USGS river science
initiative. Still, bringing together these elements to create a
USGS river science initiative is a challenging task. How
effectively the USGS does this will play a large part in
determining the success of its rive