Floodplains and Valley Bottoms in Kenya, 2000

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Abstract: This polygon shapefile portrays floodplains and valley bottoms in Kenya. These data were extracted from FAO's Africover 2000 landform dataset. Floodplains consist of land adjacent to a river channel that is seasonally covered by river water. Areas that experienced the most flooding are the shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya, the banks of the Tana River in eastern Kenya, and the Lorian Swamp in central eastern Kenya, all highlighted on the map. Although the flooding near Lake Victoria does not appear to be extensive from this national map, it is important to understand that population density in that area is high and thus flooding is very destructive
Purpose: This data was used in Map 3.14 and Map 3.15 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.

Type of resource	cartographic, software, multimedia
Form	Shapefile
Extent	2.009
Place	Rome, IT
Publisher	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Date valid	2000
Publication date	2000
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Map data	Scale not given. ; E 34°8ʺ--E 41°54ʹ41ʺ/N 5°25ʹ33ʺ--S 4°39ʹ55ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creator	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Supplemental information	Original data are downloadable at www.africover.org.
Use limitation	Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, WRI, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. WRI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
Referenced by	Title Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being Associated with International Livestock Research Institute Kenya. Central Bureau of Statistics World Resources Institute Imprint World Resources Institute, 2007
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/gt156wc8748

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: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2000). Floodplains and Valley Bottoms in Kenya, 2000. FAO. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/gt156wc8748

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