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Geographic Names Information System

Known as: Geographical Names Information System, GNIS, USGS GNIS 
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and… 
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Shoreline information is fundamental for understanding coastal dynamics and for implementing environmental policy. The analysis… 
2015
2015
AbstractThe Robust Redhorse Moxostoma robustum is a rare and imperiled fish, with wild populations occurring in three drainages… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Differences in chemical weathering extent and character are expected to exist across topographic escarpments due to spatial… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The Eurasian black vulture (Aegypius monachus) has experienced a severe decline during the last two centuries and is globally… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
A multi-disciplinary project lead by the U.S. Geological Survey is currently studying the fringing reef off southern Molokai… 
2000
2000
The Pagosa Peak Dacite is an unusual pyroclastic deposit that immediately predated eruption of the enormous Fish Canyon Tuff… 
1999
1999
All types of information can be referenced to a geographic place. Maps, aerial photographs, and remote sensing images are… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Data from 85 individual aeromagnetic surveys were merged together to produce a single data grid spanning much of Alaska. 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Potential‐field software currently in use by the USGS Branch of Geophysics has recently been modified for use on PC/MS-Dos based…