STATISTICS FOR SELECTED RIVER BASINS:  PRECIPITATION
RANKING FOR OCT-JUN 2000-2001, WHERE RANK OF 1 = DRIEST,
106 = WETTEST, BASED ON THE PERIOD 1895 TO 2001;
AREAL PERCENT OF THE BASIN EXPERIENCING SEVERE OR
EXTREME LONG-TERM (PALMER) DROUGHT, AND AREAL PERCENT
OF THE BASIN EXPERIENCING SEVERE OR EXTREME LONG-TERM
(PALMER) WET CONDITIONS, AS OF JUN 2001.
RIVER BASIN REGIONS AS DEFINED BY THE U.S. WATER
RESOURCES COUNCIL.

                                        PRECIPITATION  % AREA  % AREA
          RIVER BASIN                       RANK        DRY     WET
          -----------                   -------------  ------  ------

          MISSOURI BASIN                     91         14.5%    1.7%
          PACIFIC NORTHWEST BASIN             3         42.7%    1.8%
          CALIFORNIA RIVER BASIN             23          4.2%    0.0%
  
          GREAT BASIN                        56         43.9%    0.0%
          UPPER COLORADO BASIN               55         23.6%    0.0%
          LOWER COLORADO BASIN               89         10.4%   18.3%
          RIO GRANDE BASIN                   93          1.6%   16.1%
  
          ARKANSAS-WHITE-RED BASIN           93          0.0%   10.3%
          TEXAS GULF COAST BASIN             95          0.0%    0.0%
          SOURIS-RED-RAINY BASIN            102          0.0%   48.9%
          UPPER MISSISSIPPI BASIN            90          0.0%   28.9%
  
          LOWER MISSISSIPPI BASIN            74          6.6%    4.6%
          GREAT LAKES BASIN                  39          0.0%    0.0%
          OHIO RIVER BASIN                   10          5.9%    0.0%
          TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN              21          0.0%    0.0%
  
          NEW ENGLAND BASIN                  14         36.1%    0.0%
          MID-ATLANTIC BASIN                 18          0.0%    0.0%
          SOUTH ATLANTIC-GULF BASIN          37          8.4%    0.0%