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Coastal Lowlands of the Developing World

Entry ID: FAOd0011_148

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Summary

Abstract: Coastal Lowlands of the Developing World. Seven files covering South
America, Central America, Africa, the Near East, South Asia, South
East Asia and Far East Asia. Polygon features depicting eolian or wave
built sediment bodies (including beaches), tidal flats, coastal plain,
low lying fluvitile areas, Swampy areas (mangrove and non mangrove)
and sebkha or extremely saline fluvitile areas. Line features
depicting the 200m bathymetric contour, coral reef and sandy
beaches. Digitized in 1995 from original manuscripts at scales ranging
between 1:3800000 and 1:10000000.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 15.0

S: -60.0

E: -30.0

W: -90.0

N: 20.0

S: 5.0

E: -75.0

W: -96.0

N: 40.0

S: -45.0

E: 60.0

W: -30.0

N: 79.0

S: -10.0

E: -170.0

W: 20.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Title: Coastal Lowlands of the Developing World

Online Resource: http://www.fao.org/SD/EIdirect/gis/EIgis000.htm

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA

CONTINENT > ASIA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CENTRAL AMERICA

CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA

Science Keywords

OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY

OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > COASTAL ELEVATION

ISO Topic Category

ELEVATION

OCEANS

Access Constraints Public

Ancillary Keywords

Marine Environments

Coastal ecosystems

COASTAL AREAS

Coast environment

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

FAO

Data Center

Sustainable Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Data Center URL: http://www.fao.org/SD/
Dataset ID: FAO11

Data Center Personnel
Name: GIS MANAGER FAO-SD Phone: +39 06 570 55510 Email: GIS-Manager at fao.org Contact Address: Address: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla City: Rome Postal Code: 00100 Country: ITALY