The U.S. Geological Survey used a drone last week to measure streamflows in the Roaring Fork and Colorado rivers. The crow-sized quadcopter buzzed 100 to 200 feet above the rivers, filming the water’s ...

Laser scanners attached to an airplane have electronically recorded data to determine how much water can be stored in Millwood Lake and the Tri-Lakes of Southwest Arkansas. The U.S. Army Corps of ...

The Science Behind River Downcutting The water pressure of a river can cut deep into a riverbed. Sediments from the riverbed ...

Q. What is the meaning of the river and lake levels or stages on the weather page? Is it depth from the surface, or surface above sea level or what? A. It's both. "River stages" usually refers to the ...

The Kankakee River Basin commission on a flood mitigation mission recently installing a new river monitoring system.

A research team led by the University of Colorado has developed a new way to measure snow depth and water levels using traditional GPS technology, a method that could change the way scientists study ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Do you remember all the rain that soaked the Mid-Mississippi Valley last week? Some areas received as much rainfall in a few days as we typically measure in Rochester over four to ...

The seven states on the Colorado River are spending millions of dollars to accurately measure how much water flows downstream and how much is taken out along the way. Quantifying the river's flow is ...