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


FAIR Overall Score

77%

Abstract

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)

Keywords

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

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FAIR Overall Score: 77%

Principle Score Earned Level
Findable 57% 4 of 7 moderate
Accessible 100% 7 of 7 advanced
Interoperable 67% 4 of 6 moderate
Reusable 83% 5 of 6 moderate

Assessed 2026-07-22 (metrics 0.8)

Evaluated by F-UJI web service: Anusuriya Devaraju, & Robert Huber. (2020). F-UJI - An Automated FAIR Data Assessment Tool. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6361400


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