TABLE 3.
               STATISTICS FOR SELECTED RIVER BASINS:  PRECIPITATION
               RANKING FOR OCT-OCT 2001, WHERE RANK OF 1 = DRIEST,
               107 = 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 OCT 2001.
               RIVER BASIN REGIONS AS DEFINED BY THE U.S. WATER
               RESOURCES COUNCIL.

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

          MISSOURI BASIN                     42         23.1%   10.2%
          PACIFIC NORTHWEST BASIN            82         48.8%    0.0%
          CALIFORNIA RIVER BASIN             40          4.2%    0.0%
  
          GREAT BASIN                        28         62.8%    0.0%
          UPPER COLORADO BASIN               30         75.0%    0.0%
          LOWER COLORADO BASIN               28         10.4%    0.0%
          RIO GRANDE BASIN                    6         19.9%    0.0%
  
          ARKANSAS-WHITE-RED BASIN           39          0.0%    0.0%
          TEXAS GULF COAST BASIN             47          0.0%   25.3%
          SOURIS-RED-RAINY BASIN             75          0.0%   32.5%
          UPPER MISSISSIPPI BASIN            76          0.0%    6.4%
  
          LOWER MISSISSIPPI BASIN            98          0.0%   10.3%
          GREAT LAKES BASIN                 103          4.1%   20.6%
          OHIO RIVER BASIN                   99          0.0%   14.2%
          TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN              77          0.0%    0.0%
  
          NEW ENGLAND BASIN                  12         64.5%    0.0%
          MID-ATLANTIC BASIN                  4          9.4%    0.0%
          SOUTH ATLANTIC-GULF BASIN          26          1.2%    3.9%