| Title | Hydrological Basins in Africa (Sample record, please remove!) |
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Abstract
| 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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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." |
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Status
| completed |
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Descriptive Keywords
| watersheds, river basins, water resources, hydrology, AQUASTAT, AWRD, Africa |
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Language
| eng |
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Topic Category Code
| inlandWaters |
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Geographic Bounding Box
| | North bound latitude | | | 38.2 | | | West bound longitude | | East bound longitude | | -17.3 | | 51.1 | | South bound latitude | | | -34.6 | |
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Distribution Information
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| | Geometric Object Type | | | Geometric Object Count | |
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Data Quality
| | Evaluation Method | | | Topological Consistency | | | Absolute Positional Accuracy | | | Attribute Accuracy | | | Process Step | | | Source | | | Responsible Party | | | Role | |
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Metadata
| | Metadata Standard | ISO 19115:2003/19139 | | Version | 1.0 |
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