HydroSHEDS : The Hydrological data and maps based on SHuttle Elevation Derivatives at multiple Scales.

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Citation:

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Title: HydroSHEDS : The Hydrological data and maps based on SHuttle Elevation Derivatives at multiple Scales.

Description:

Abstract:

HydroSHEDS is a mapping product that provides hydrographic information for regional and global-scale applications in a consistent format. It offers a suite of geo-referenced data sets (vector and raster) at various scales, including river networks, watershed boundaries, drainage directions, and flow accumulations. HydroSHEDS is based on high-resolution elevation data obtained during a Space Shuttle flight for NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) (Source: HydroSHEDS).

Purpose:

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Lehner, B., Verdin, K., Jarvis, A. (2006): HydroSHEDS Technical Documentation. World Wildlife Fund US, Washington, DC. Available at http://hydrosheds.cr.usgs.gov.

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19400101

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

Keywords:

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES > AQUACULTURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING > FARM STRUCTURES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE > IRRIGATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE > RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE > WEEDS, NOXIOUS PLANTS OR INVASIVE PLANTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST CONSERVATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST FIRE SCIENCE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST HARVESTING AND ENGINEERING

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST MANAGEMENT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST MENSURATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST PROTECTION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST YIELDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL ABSORPTION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL INFILTRATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > EVAPOTRANSPIRATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > PLANT SUCCESSION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > BIOMASS DYNAMICS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > FIRE ECOLOGY > FIRE OCCURRENCE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > HUMIDITY INDICES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > HUMIDITY INDICES > HUMIDITY INDEX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION > RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > LANDSCAPE PATTERNS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ECONOMIC RESOURCES > AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION

Theme_Keyword: HS > HYDROSHEDS

Theme_Keyword: FARMING

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: ELEVATION

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Theme_Keyword: IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Theme_Keyword: INLAND WATERS

Theme_Keyword: PLANNING CADASTRE

Theme_Keyword: SOCIETY

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > CAMEROON

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Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > CHAD

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Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Access_Constraints: COPYRIGHT AND REDISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS HydroSHEDS has been developed by the Conservation Science Program of World Wildlife Fund (WWF), hereafter referred to as "authors", in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and the Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR) of the University of Kassel, Germany. Users may apply HydroSHEDS for non-commercial purposes. Any modification of the original data by users must be noted. The authors of HydroSHEDS may request reprints of publications and copies of derived materials. The user shall not reproduce, convert, (re)publish, (re)distribute, (re)broadcast, (re)transmit, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, lend, assign, time-share, or transfer, in whole or in part, or provide unlicensed third parties access to the data and related materials without explicit written permission from the authors. HydroSHEDS has been generated through the extensive use and incorporation of data products provided by various other authors (see "Data sources" and "Data set development"). The data and related materials may thus contain proprietary and confidential property of these authors and/or their licensor(s). HydroSHEDS data and related materials are protected by United States copyright or sui generis laws and applicable international copyright treaties and/or conventions. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY The data and any related materials contained therein are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, noninterference, system integration, or noninfringement. The entire risk of use of the data shall be with the user. The user expressly acknowledges that the data may contain some nonconformities, defects, or errors. The authors do not warrant that the data will meet the user's needs or expectations, that the use of the data will be uninterrupted, or that all nonconformities, defects, or errors can or will be corrected. The authors are not inviting reliance on these data, and the user should always verify actual data. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY In no event shall the authors be liable for costs of procurement of substitute goods or services, lost profits, lost sales or business expenditures, investments, or commitments in connection with any business, loss of any goodwill, or for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, exemplary, or consequential damages arising out of the use of the data and any related materials, however caused, on any theory of liability, and whether or not the authors have been advised of the possibility of such damage. These limitations shall apply notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of any exclusive remedy. DISCLAIMER BY USGS Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Please note that some information contained in this data set and documentation may be preliminary in nature and presented prior to final review and approval by the Director of the USGS. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CITATION We kindly ask users to cite HydroSHEDS in any published material produced using this data. If possible, please provide online links to http://www.worldwildlife.org/hydrosheds for general information, and/or http://hydrosheds.cr.usgs.gov for data download and technical information.

Use_Constraints:

There is no guarantee of warranty concerning the accuracy of these data. Users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since the data was collected and that some parts of these data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use these data for critical applications without a full awareness of their limitations. Acknowledgement of the originating agencies would be appreciated in products derived from these data. Any user who modifies the data set is obligated to describe the types of modifications they perform. User specifically agrees not to misrepresent the data set, nor to imply that changes made were approved or endorsed by the U.S. Geological Survey. Please refer to http://www.usgs.gov/privacy.html for the USGS disclaimer.

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Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: DOI/USGS/EROS > Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior

Contact_Person: JIM VERDIN

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: EROS Data Center

Address: 47914 252nd Street

City: Sioux Falls

State_or_Province: SD

Postal_Code: 57198

Country: USA

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: verdin@usgs.gov

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: CGIAR/CIAT > Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

Contact_Person: ANDREW JARVIS

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csi-info@cgiar.org

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: WWF > World Wildlife Fund

Contact_Person: BERNHARD LEHNER

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Conservation Science Program

City: Washington

State_or_Province: DC

Postal_Code: 20037

Country: USA

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bernhard.lehner@wwfus.org

Resource_Description: WWF_HS

Distribution_Liability:

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Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Not Available

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

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http://eros.usgs.gov/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

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http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://www.worldwildlife.org/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

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Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

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http://gisdata.usgs.net/website/HydroSHEDS/viewer....

Access_Instructions:

Hydrosheds Download Site

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Online_Option:

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http://gisweb.ciat.cgiar.org/sig/inicio.htm

Access_Instructions:

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20060830

Metadata_Review_Date: 20120710

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: TYLER B. STEVENS

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Global Change Master Directory

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 614-6898

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Tyler.B.Stevens@nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time