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A freshwater resilient and connected network to sustain biodiversity under a changing climate

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Components and results of the analysis. A. Climatic Regions, B. Freshwater Resilience, C. Freshwater Recognized Biodiversity Value. D. Freshwater Opportunity Map. D. Freshwater Conservation Status. F. FRCN Conservation Status. G. Freshwater Resilient and Connected Network (FRCN). These maps were created with ArcGIS Pro 3.5.2 (ESRI, Redlands, CA). Hillshade used in Figures A-F from World Hillshade (Sources: Esri, Airbus DS, USGS, NGA, NASA, CGIAR, N Robinson, NCEAS, NLS, OS, NMA, Geodatastyrelsen, Rijkswaterstaat, GSA, Geoland, FEMA, Intermap, and the GIS User Community) [75]. Hillshade used in Figure G from Herwig G. Schutzler, 1965, Shaded Relief Archive, https://shadedreliefarchive.com/usa-schutzler.html. 

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Anderson et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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