Here are some USGS Web pages with more information on soil resources and Anywhere:
Biological soil crusts: webs of life in the desert
Fact sheet on the need to protect biological soil crusts in the desert. These crusts are most of the soil surface in deserts not covered by green plants and are inhabited by cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and other organisms useful to the ecosystem.
(Score: 1.000)
USGS guide to federal environmental laws and regulations
Guide to major U.S. environmental statutes and corresponding regulations on air quality, fish and wildlife conservation, cultural and historic resources, solid and hazardous substances, public lands, farmlands, and water resources.
(Score: 0.690)
Watershed processes and modeling
Links to published materials produced by the Watershed Processes and Modeling Project on watershed model TOPMODEL, compilation of STATSGO soils data, climate change, landscape heterogeneity in ecoregions, and other links.
(Score: 0.690)
Lake Tahoe Data Clearinghouse
This website is a gateway to information and data on Lake Taho with links to Lake Tahoe Initiative, geography, history, lake facts, GIS Data, DEM, DOQ, DLG imagery, bathymetry, satellite imagery, land cover, census, soils, pictures, and general maps.
(Score: 0.573)
Watershed processes and modeling
Links to published materials produced by the Watershed Processes and Modeling Project on watershed model TOPMODEL, compilation of STATSGO soils data, climate change, landscape heterogeneity in ecoregions, and other links.
(Score: 0.451)
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Definition:
Resources of unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the Earth that serve as a natural medium for growth of land plants. [Adapted from Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]
