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Hydrological Basins in Africa (Sample record, please remove!)

Major hydrological basins and their sub-basins. This dataset divides the African continent according to its hydrological characteristics. The dataset consists of the following information:- numerical code and name of the major basin (MAJ_BAS and MAJ_NAME); - area of the major basin in square km (MAJ_AREA); - numerical code and name of the sub-basin (SUB_BAS and SUB_NAME); - area of the sub-basin in square km (SUB_AREA); - numerical code of the sub-basin towards which the sub-basin flows (TO_SUBBAS) (the codes -888 and -999 have been assigned respectively to internal sub-basins and to sub-basins draining into the sea)

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Identification info 

 
Date (Creation)
2000-07-19T14:45:00
Edition
First 
Presentation form
Digital map  
Purpose
This dataset is developed as part of a GIS-based information system on water resources for the African continent. It has been published in the framework of the AQUASTAT - programme of the Land and Water Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, as part of FAO Land and Water Digital Media Series #13: "Atlas of Water Resources and Irrigation in Africa". For a wider distribution and to support other projects at FAO this map is also distributed in a DVD as part of a publication entitled: "Jenness, J.; Dooley, J.; Aguilar-Manjarrez, J.; Riva, C. African Water Resource Database. GIS-based tools for inland aquatic resource management. 2. Technical manual and workbook. CIFA Technical Paper. No. 33, Part 2. Rome, FAO. 2007. 308 p." 
Status
Completed  
Spatial representation type
Vector  

Spatial resolution 

 

Equivalent scale 

 
Denominator
5000000  
Topic category
  • Inland waters

Temporal extent 

 
TimePeriod
2006-01-01T04:29:00 2008-01-08T04:29:00  
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Maintenance and update frequency
As needed  
Keywords (Theme)
  • watersheds
  • river basins
  • water resources
  • hydrology
  • AQUASTAT
  • AWRD
Keywords (Place)
  • Africa
Language
English  
Character encoding
UTF8  
Supplemental Information
You can customize the template to suit your needs. You can add and remove fields and fill out default information (e.g. contact details). Fields you can not change in the default view may be accessible in the more comprehensive (and more complex) advanced view. You can even use the XML editor to create custom structures, but they have to be validated by the system, so know what you do :-) 

Distribution Information 

 
Distribution format
  • ShapeFile

OnLine resource
 

Online link to the 'Water Resources and Irrigation in Africa'- website

OnLine resource
basins.zip 

Hydrological basins in Africa (Shapefile Format)

OnLine resource
hydrological_basins 

Hydrological basins in Africa

Resource lineage 

 
Statement
The linework of the map is obtained by delineating drainage basin boundaries from an hydrologically corrected digital elevation model with a resolution of 1 * 1 km. 
Hierarchy level
Dataset  

Reference System Information 

 
Reference system identifier
WGS 1984

mdb:MD_Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/1483e55e-08f9-456a-b197-816cf8def001

Language
English  
Character encoding
UTF8  

  Point of contact

FAO - NRCW - Technical Officer 
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
Rome
00153
Italy
Date info (Creation)
2009-10-05T18:34:22

Metadata standard 

 
Title
ISO 19115:2003/19139 
Edition
1.0 
 
 

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

AQUASTAT AWRD hydrology river basins water resources watersheds

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