Activity 11.1 (A - D): Include the Streamer Summary Trace Report from your strea

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Activity 11.1 (A - D): Include the Streamer Summary Trace Report from your stream.

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Streamer Inquiry Activity 11.1 Name: Course/Section: Date: Have you ever stood beside a stream and wondered where the water comes from or where it goes? Streamer is a map-based data base of stream maps and information that allows you to find out. It is a component of the U.S. National Aulas project managed by the U.S. Geological Survey, that allows you to trace streams upstream to their sources or downstream to where they empty into larger streams or the ocean. To use Streamer, go to http://water.usgs.gov/streamer/web/ and click on the Go to Map button. Then follow the directions below. A Where does the water come from? 1. Pick a community in the United States that you are interested in. What is the name of your community? 2. Locate your community on the Streamer map. You can use the zoom slider on the map to zoom in, use your mouse wheel to scroll in or out, or hold the shift key and drag a box around the area where your community is located. You can also type the location of the community (city, state) in the "Location Search" panel and then press "Enter/Return" on your keyboard to locate your community 3. Choose the largest stream located in or near your community to study. Click on the "Trace Upstream" button and then click on a point on the stream to display in red all of the streams that supply water to that point on the stream. 4. Now click on the "Trace Report" button, and select "Detailed Report" to get a Stream Trace Detailed Report. (a) What stream did you study? Trace Origin Stream Name: (b) What are the elevation and coordinates of the point on the stream that you selected? feet above sea level Trace Origin Elevation (ft.): - Trace Origin (latitude, longitude): __ (c) Through how many communities does the stream flow before it gets to this point? Cities (count): (d) In how many named streams does the water flow to this point in the stream? Stream Names (count): (e) What is the total length of the stream(s) named in part 4d? Total Length of Traced U.S. Streams (miles): (1) Close the Stream Trace Detailed Report (but not the map) by clicking on the small gray "x" of the right-hand tab labeled "Streamer Report" near the top of the browser window and proceed to part B below. B Where does the water go? 1. Click on the Trace Downstream" button. Then click on approximately the same point of the same stream that you studied in part A to display in red where the water goes after that point on the stream. 2. Click on the "Identify" button. Now when you click on any part of the red downstream trace of the water, it will identify the name of the stream at that point of the trace. List the names of all of the streams in the downstream trace of the water from upstream (the starting red point in your map) to where it enters the "Outlet Waterbody" at the downstream end of the red line on your map. 3. Click on the "Trace Report" button, and select "Detailed Report" to get a new Stream Trace Detailed Report. (a) In how many named streams does the water flow downstream from this point? Stream Names (count): (b) Through how many communities does the water flow downstream from this point? Cities (count): (c) What is the total length of the stream(s) named in part 3b? Total Length of Traced U.S. Streams (mi.): (d) Into what "Outlet Waterbody" does the stream's water eventually empty? (e) What is the name of the last community or feature that the stream passes through before it enters the "Outlet Waterbody"? (f) Close the Stream Trace Detailed Report (but not the map), and proceed to part C. 30

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D) Rivers and streams forms an integral part of human society from drinking water,farming to various domestic uses.As human activities and discharges affect the water quality and its suitability for human use and biodiversity ,a community located on or near a stream needs to know where the water comes from.Else than that analysing the quality of water is of utmost importance.,specially pollution caused by industrial dumpings into the river.Also the community needs to be taught about the handling of water resources.

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