Hydrological, data for a better understanding of water

Flow

USGS Water Data for the Nation

National Water Information System
Real-time and historical streamflow for the United States

Rivers (Natural Earth) over Blue Marble (NASA GIBS)

Source: USGS
Resolution: Station data
Time span: 1889–present
Access type: API (external)
Formats: JSON, CSV, WaterML
Coverage: United States
Provider: api.waterdata.usgs.gov/

curl -fL "https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/ogcapi/v0/collections/monitoring-locations/items?bbox=-123,43.5,-121,45.5&f=json&limit=1000" \
  -o response

import requests

r = requests.get("https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/ogcapi/v0/collections/monitoring-locations/items?bbox=-123,43.5,-121,45.5&f=json&limit=1000")
r.raise_for_status()
open("response", "wb").write(r.content)

const res = await fetch("https://api.waterdata.usgs.gov/ogcapi/v0/collections/monitoring-locations/items?bbox=-123,43.5,-121,45.5&f=json&limit=1000");
console.log(res.status, res.headers.get("content-type"));

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