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    • Deserts of the southwestern United States, for the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system study, Nevada and California

    Metadata Updated: October 1, 2025

    This digital data set defines the boundaries of the deserts of the southwestern United States.
    Those deserts include the Great Basin, Mojave, Colorado, and Sonoran Deserts as defined by Benson and Darrow (1981). The study by Benson and Darrow (1981) was a historical reference used to support development of the transient ground-water model of Death Valley regional ground-water flow system (DVRFS) completed in 2004 by the USGS (see "Larger Work Citation", Chapter A, page 8, for details).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 1, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 1, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
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    Data Last Modified 2020-11-17T00:00:00Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
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