Average Annual Soil Loss and Sediment Yield Calculated for All 12-Digit HUCs in the Conterminous US

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This data set contains estimated average annual soil loss (Mg ha-1 yr-1) and estimated average annual sediment yield (Mg ha-1 yr-1) aggregated by HUC-12 watersheds for the conterminous US. This data set corresponds to Fig 3 in the manuscript. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Woznicki, S., P. Cada, J. Wickham, M. Schmidt, J. Baynes, M. Mehaffey, and A. Neale. Sediment retention by natural landscapes in the conterminous United States. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. Elsevier BV, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 745: 140972, (2020).

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bureauCode	[ "020:00" ]
identifier	https://doi.org/10.23719/1519122
programCode	[ "020:097" ]
references	[ "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140972" ]
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