What is this about?

Watersheds, or catchments, are pieces of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a a river, bay, or other body of water. It is important to be able to manage watersheds for ecological reasons—for maintaining natural habitats and climate—and geopolitical reasons—watersheds are often used as political boundaries.

Watersheds can be controlled through constructions like dams, or using nature-based solutions, like changing cutting out the forest around the catchment. One of the ongoing tasks of Natural Capital at Stanford is understanding the performance of various nature-based solutions in different conditions.

Our goal for this project is to summarize data from studies that performed experiments with watersheds in easy-to-comprehend graphics. The users should be able to dig in the details when needed. Finally, we should show and take extra care about statistical significance of the studies.