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State of the Union / /
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Rocky Mountains / Mississippi River / Rio Grande / Santa Cruz River / /
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Department of State / Congress / office of Water Data Coordination / federal government / United States Army / Federal Power Commission / Mapping Division / Reclamation Service / Public Lands Commission / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / National Streamflow Information Program ter Resources Division / Water Resources Division / USGS Hydrographic Division / Public Works Administration / Land Information and Analysis Office / Tennessee Valley Authority / Senate / /
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Franklin Roosevelt / Theodore Roosevelt / John Wesley Powell / /
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USGS geologist / President / director / director of the USGS / representative / USGS director / /
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South Dakota / New Jersey / Mississippi / Arizona / /
2 Gaging the Nation’s Streams The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has a long tradition of studying the nation’s streams. The first USGS gaging station was established on the Rio Grande in[removed]Wahl et al., [removed]Howe