Major River Basins (class)

Publishing Details

Map Type: 
Raster Map
Unit: 
class
Publication Date: 
January, 2001
Publisher: 
HarvestChoice/International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Version: 
SChEF r12.05
Primary Contact: 
Jawoo Koo

Abstract

Name of major river basins. (aggregation type: NONE)

Data Sources & Credits

Lehner, B., Verdin, K., Jarvis, A. (2008): New global hydrography derived from spaceborne elevation data. Eos, Transactions, AGU, 89(10): 93-94.

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Additional Attributes

Lowest Geographic Unit: sub-Saharan Africa
Geographic Coverage: West Africa, East & Central Africa, Southern Africa
Format/Platform: Data available for download in CSV format. Spatial data layer may be explored using MAPPR and downloaded in geoTIFF and ASCII raster formats.
Funding Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Keywords: Watersheds