The scientific agency of the United States government responsible for surveying the nation's and, through international collaboration, the world's landforms and water bodies. Used here for the Grand Canyon's measured depth and length and the Great Rift Valley's extent.
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PublisherUnited States Geological Survey
URLhttps://www.usgs.gov
Source Typescientific-agency
Reliability Tier1
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This source names United States directly: "The scientific agency of the United States government responsible for surveying the nation's and, through international collaboration, the world's landforms and water bodies."
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Claims Backed By This Source (53 claims)
This source backs 53 claims across the atlas. As facts: 30 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds, 7 connected. Plus 11 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Landforms, 20 claims: 9 well-attested, 4 holds, 3 connected, 4 general references.
- Physical Processes, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 general references.
- Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Bodies of Water, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Continents, 3 claims: 3 connected.
- Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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