World Historic Lakes, 1:50 million (2012)

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Abstract
This polygon shapefile depicts historic natural and artificial lakes worldwide ranked by relative importance, coordinating with river ranking. Includes name attributes. Data primarily derives from Catchment Characterisation and Modelling (CCM) Database 2.1 by the European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability. These data are represented at 1:50,000,000 scale. This layer is part of the Natural Earth Collection (v.2.0.0).
Purpose
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Description

Type of resource cartographic, software, multimedia
Form Shapefile
Extent 0.004
Publisher North American Cartographic Information Society
Date valid 2012
Publication date 2012
Edition 2.0.0
Language English
Digital origin born digital
Map data 1:50000000 ; E 13°1ʹ46ʺ--E 61°55ʹ1ʺ/N 46°49ʹ59ʺ--N 12°28ʹ16ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator Patterson, Tom
Creator Kelso, Nathaniel Vaughn

Subjects

Subject Bodies of water
Subject Lakes
Subject Earth (Planet)
Subject 2012
Subject Inland Waters
Genre Geospatial data
Genre Cartographic dataset

Bibliographic information

Location https://purl.stanford.edu/xh612qv1178

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

Kelso, N.V. and Patterson, T. (2012). World Historic Lakes, 1:50 million (2012). Made with Natural Earth, online at http://www.naturalearthdata.com.

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