Major River Basins of the World – GIS Layer

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Dataset information

Catalog

GDI-DE

Country of origin

Germany

Updated

2008.04.23 00:00

Created

Available languages

German

Keywords

Hydrologie, Einzugsgebiet, global

Datasource

Official portal for European data link

Quality scoring

155

Dataset description

The "Major River Basins of the World" is an ongoing GIS project of the Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) that aims at the provision of a set of shape files for the use with Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This dataset was created for the generation of GRDC map products and will be updated from time to time whenever extensions are required by future GRDC projects. At present the dataset comprises the GIS layer of 405 river basins and 687 associated rivers. GRDC data will only be provided for non-commercial uses.

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