Abstract
Stream and watershed management and restoration can be greatly facilitated through use of physiographic landform classification to organize and communicate natural resource, hazard, and environmental information at a broad scale (1:250,000) as illustrated by the Piedmont and Coastal Plain Provinces in Maryland, or at a small scale (1:24,000) as illustrated using divisions and zones combined with a conceptual model. The conceptual model brings together geology, surficial processes, landforms and land use change information at the small watershed scale and facilitates transfer of information from one small watershed to another with similar geology and landforms. Stream flow, sediment erosion, and water quality illustrate the use of the model.
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The concepts and ideas in this article have greatly benefited from the thoughtful and critical scrutiny of my reviewers: Andrew E. Godfrey, US Forest Service, Pixie Hamilton and John Costa, US Geological Survey, and José Martin, Departmento de Geodinamica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
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Cleaves, E.T. Conceptual model for transferring information between small watersheds. Env Geol 45, 190–197 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-003-0872-4
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