Major River Basins of the World

The GRDC "Major River Basins of the World" is a web application provided by the Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) to present the "Major River Basins of the World" data product. The "Major River Basins" and "Major River Networks" layers represent 520 river/lake basins considered “major” in basin size, or in their hydro-political importance or interest. 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 layers of GRDC Major River Basins 2020, GRDC Major River Networks 2020 and GRDC Major Rivers 2007.

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Identification

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b4a4510e-a001-4d42-9ea3-10cd2d72f51b XML
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application
Online resource
Resource identifier
Metadata language
English
Encoding
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GeoJSON
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Shapefile
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Projection
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4326
 

Classification of data and services

Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource

Coupled resource
 
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource

Coupled resource
 
 

Keywords

Other keywords

Keywords

  • Global Runoff Data Centre

  • GRDC

  • Open Data

  • Hydrology

  • River Basin

  • River Network

  • umwelt.info
 
 

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Date (Creation)
2023-11-06
 

Quality and validity

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This product “Major River Basins of the World” incorporates data from the HydroSHEDS database which is © World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (2006-2013) and has been used herein under license. WWF has not evaluated the data as altered and incorporated within “Major River Basins of the World”, and therefore gives no warranty regarding its accuracy, completeness, currency or suitability for any particular purpose. Portions of the HydroSHEDS database incorporate data which are the intellectual property rights of © USGS (2006-2008), NASA (2000-2005), ESRI (1992-1998), CIAT (2004-2006), UNEP-WCMC (1993), WWF (2004), Commonwealth of Australia (2007), and Her Royal Majesty and the British Crown and are used under license. The HydroSHEDS database and more information are available at http://www.hydrosheds.org

 

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Restrictions on access and use

Access constraints

Es gelten keine Bedingungen
Access constraints

This service is published as an interactive web application by the German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG). Disclaimer, Terms and Conditions of the BfG apply. Please cite in your publication the GRDC as the source of the data: GRDC (2020): GRDC Major River Basins. Global Runoff Data Centre. 2nd, rev. ed. Koblenz: Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG).
 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name

Federal Institute of Hydrology
Email

grdc@bafg.de

 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name

Federal Institute of Hydrology
Email

grdc@bafg.de

 

Metadata information

Contact for the metadata
Organisation name

Federal Insitute of Hydrology
Email

grdc@bafg.de

Date stamp
2023-11-22
Metadata language
English
 
 

SDS

Conformance class 1: invocable

Access Point URL
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Technical specification
 

Conformance class 2: interoperable

Access constraints

Limitation
 

Use constraints

Limitation
 

Responsible custodian

Contact for the resource
 
 
 

Overviews

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Major River Basins of the World

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