Hydrological Basins of the World Code list

Code lists for major hydrological basins and respective sub-basins. The original data was obtained by delineating drainage basin boundaries from hydrologically corrected elevation data (WWF HydroSHEDS and Hydro1K).

To use the code list use the column names basin_code, maj_bas, or sub_bas in your tabular data.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Author Nelson Ribeiro
Author email nelson.rosasribeirofilho@fao.org
Maintainer FAO-Data
Maintainer email fao-data@fao.org
Last Updated September 23, 2022, 13:40 (UTC)
Created June 7, 2022, 13:06 (UTC)