Map of permanent water bodies of the World
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Dataset information
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Country of origin
Updated
2016.11.04 00:00
Created
2016.11.04
Available languages
English
Keywords
flood hazard, map, global
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Quality scoring
230
Dataset description
The map represents permanent water bodies at global scale (lakes and reservoirs), derived from a corrected version of the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database. Resolution is 30 arcseconds (approx. 1km). Natural water bodies (lakes) are indicated by value 1, Reservoirs are indicated by value 2. NOTE: this dataset should be used to integrate the JRC global flood hazard maps. It is not an official flood hazard map.
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