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Rivers of Africa

 ISO19115/19139 XML

Identification info
Title  Rivers of Africa
Date  2000
Date type  Creation: Date identifies when the resource was brought into existence
Edition  First edition.
Presentation form  Digital map: Map represented in raster or vector form
Abstract 

PLEASE CHECK THE UPDATED VERSION ON http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?id=3
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This digital data layer is a 1 : 5 000 000 shapefile with the rivers of Africa that has been digitized in 1994 for the UNEP/FAO Desertification Assessment and Mapping Project.

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".
Status  Completed: Production of the data has been completed
Descriptive keywords  water resources , surface water , rivers , inland water , AQUASTAT , AWRD , fishery , hydrology (theme).
Descriptive keywords  Africa (place).
Spatial representation type  Vector: Vector data is used to represent geographic data
Equivalent scale
Denominator 

5000000

Language  English
Character set  UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Topic category code  Inland waters
Extent
Geographic bounding box
North bound
West bound
Polygon((-17.3 -34.6,51.1 -34.6,51.1 38.2,-17.3 38.2,-17.3 -34.6))
 East bound
South bound
Supplemental Information 

The dataset consists of the following information: - GIS generated codes (FNODE_, TONODE_, AFRIVLL_); - a code to describe the hydrological rank of the river starting with rank 1 for the most upstream contributaries and counting up downstream according to Strahler's stream order method (RNK); - a code to show the hydrological regime (REGIME, 1 = perennial, 2 = intermittent); - a code that combines the two codes in one value (CODE, first digit RNK, second digit REGIME).

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."

Distribution Information
Transfer options
OnLine resource  rivers.axl
OnLine resource  Online link to the 'Water Resources and Irrigation in Africa' - website
Data for download  Rivers of Africa. Shape-file
Interactive Map  Rivers of Africa
(OGC-WMS Server: http://data.fao.org/maps/wms?styles=geonetwork_rivers_12_style )
View in Google Earth  Rivers of Africa   View in Google Earth
Data quality info
Hierarchy level  Dataset: Information applies to the dataset
Description  Last Updated
Date / Time  2002-05-31 19:58:00
Metadata
File identifier  bd93bb90-88fd-11da-a88f-000d939bc5d8
Metadata language  English
Character set  UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Date stamp  2013-01-09T14:16:10
Metadata standard name  ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version  1.0
Maintenance and update frequency  As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
Contact
Individual name  Jippe Hoogeveen
Organisation name  FAO-UN - AGLW
Role  Point of contact: Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource
Delivery point  Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
City  Rome
Postal code  00100
Country  Italy
Electronic mail address  jippe.hoogeveen@fao.org