HydroBasins
HydroBASINS is a global, vectorized layer of hierarchically nested sub-basin boundaries. It provides seamless coverage and uses the 'Pfafstetter' coding system offering a 12 scales breakdown to enable analysis of catchment topology and up/downstream connectivity. Extracted from HydroSHEDS at 15 arc-second resolution, this layer is part of the HydroATLAS collection.
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Suggested citation
Lehner, B., Grill G. (2013). Global river hydrography and network routing: baseline data and new approaches to study the world’s large river systems. Hydrological Processes, 27(15): 2171–2186. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9740
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Date or time period of observation
2013
Geographic coverage
WMS base URL
https://geospatial.jrc.ec.europa.eu/geoserver
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support@hydrosheds.org
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