Inland water bodies in Africa
2012
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Overview
Title
Inland water bodies in Africa
Abstract
Shapefile of inland water bodies in Africa. This dataset originates from the Digital Chart of the World 1:1000000, 1998. The waterbodies for Africa have been characterized (as lake, lagoon, reservoir etc.) and named (if the names were easily available). The data layer presented contains all the waterbodies that had a name and were not characterized as river.
Purpose
The dataset 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".
Spatial extent
| East | West | North | South |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51.1 | -17.3 | 38.2 | -34.6 |
Resource Reference System
Keywords
Keywords
| Keyword | Type |
|---|---|
| water resources | theme |
| inland water | theme |
| surf. water bodies | theme |
| lakes | theme |
| AQUASTAT | theme |
| AWRD | theme |
| fishery | theme |
| hydrology | theme |
| AQUAMAPS_rivers | theme |
| Africa | place |
Contacts
Contact
| Individual name | Organization | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jippe Hoogeveen | FAO-UN - AGLW | jippe.hoogeveen@fao.org | Italy |
Distribution
Date
| Date |
|---|
| 2000 |
Metadata production
Language
eng