World River and Lake Centerlines, 1:10 million (2012)
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This polyline shapefile depicts single-line drainages and lake centerlines worldwide ranked by relative importance. Includes name and line width attributes for creating tapered drainages. River data is primarily derived from the World Data Bank 2. All rivers received manual smoothing and position adjustments to fit shaded relief generated from SRTM Plus elevation data, which is more recent and (presumably) more accurate. Turn on centerlines to avoid data gaps. These data are represented at 1:10,000,000 scale. This layer is part of the Natural Earth Collection (v.2.0.0).
- Purpose
- Natural Earth is a public domain map dataset available at 1:10, 1:50 and 1:110 million scales. Featuring tightly integrated vector and raster data, with Natural Earth you can make a variety of visually pleasing, well-crafted maps with cartography or GIS software.
Description
Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
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Form | Shapefile |
Extent | 3.94 |
Publisher | North American Cartographic Information Society |
Date valid | 2012 |
Publication date | 2012 |
Edition | 2.0.0 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Map data | Scale not given. ; W 164°54ʹ12ʺ--E 177°12ʹ40ʺ/N 75°47ʹ37ʺ--S 52°9ʹ28ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
Creator | Patterson, Tom | |
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Creator | Kelso, Nathaniel Vaughn |
Subjects
Subject | Bodies of water |
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Subject | Rivers |
Subject | Lakes |
Subject | Earth (Planet) |
Subject | 2012 |
Subject | Inland Waters |
Genre | Geospatial data |
Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
- Copyright
- This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- Kelso, N.V. and Patterson, T. (2012). World River and Lake Centerlines, 1:10 million (2012). Made with Natural Earth, online at http://www.naturalearthdata.com.
Collection
Natural earth
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