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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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
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Theme

  • watersheds

  • river basins

  • water resources

  • hydrology

  • AQUASTAT

  • AWRD
Place

  • Africa
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
5000000
Language

eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Inland waters
Begin date
2006-01-01T04:29:00
End date
2008-01-08T04:29:00
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Reference system identifier
WGS 1984

Spatial representation info

No information provided.
Distribution format
  • ShapeFile ( Grass Version 6.1 )

OnLine resource
Online link to the 'Water Resources and Irrigation in Africa'- website ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

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

OnLine resource
basins.zip ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Hydrological basins in Africa (Shapefile Format)

OnLine resource
GEONETWORK:basins_296 ( OGC:WMS )

Hydrological basins in Africa

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Dataset
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.
File identifier
da165110-88fd-11da-a88f-000d939bc5d8 XML
Metadata language

eng
Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2007-11-06T12:13:00
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version

1.0
Point of contact
  FAO - NRCW - Jippe Hoogeveen ( Technical Officer )
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla , Rome , 00153 , Italy
 
 

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Keywords

AQUASTAT AWRD hydrology river basins water resources watersheds

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