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Hydrological Basins in Africa (Sample record, please remove!)

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Major hydrological basins and their sub-basins. This dataset divides the African continent according to its hydrological characteristics. The dataset consists of the following information:- numerical code and name of the major basin (MAJ_BAS and MAJ_NAME); - area of the major basin in square km (MAJ_AREA); - numerical code and name of the sub-basin (SUB_BAS and SUB_NAME); - area of the sub-basin in square km (SUB_AREA); - numerical code of the sub-basin towards which the sub-basin flows (TO_SUBBAS) (the codes -888 and -999 have been assigned respectively to internal sub-basins and to sub-basins draining into the sea)

Africa, watersheds, river basins, water resources, hydrology, AQUASTAT, AWRD

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2006-01-01T04:29:00 2008-01-08T04:29:00

WGS 1984 (WGS 1984:)

Vector

Inland waters


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