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conus-reach·dataset

U.S. Stream and River Network Map

Stream network across the Contiguous United States
land NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. Maps the network of streams and rivers across the continental United States.

How it's made. Delineated using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool, a hydrology model that traces water flow across the landscape.

How & where you'd use it. Provides a base map of waterways for flood modeling, water-resource planning, and river science.

What's measured

conusreach

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31
  • Spatial extent-124.706, 25.342, -67.145, 49.329
  • FormatsCOG

What you can do with it

  • Track deforestation, fire scars and land-cover change
  • Monitor crop and vegetation health (NDVI/EVI)
  • Map how built-up vs. green an area is over time
Official description

This dataset describes the Stream network across the Contiguous United States delineated using Soil and Water Assessment Tool.

Get the data

veda_access.py
# NASA VEDA — open STAC API, anonymous (cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://openveda.cloud/api/stac")
col = cat.get_collection("conus-reach")
items = list(col.get_items())          # browse the analysis-ready COGs
# open an asset with rioxarray:
# import rioxarray; da = rioxarray.open_rasterio(items[0].assets["cog_default"].href)
NASA VEDA is an open STAC catalog — browse and stream the cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs anonymously (no login).