FAO-MRAG - Marine Resources Assesment Group (Lakes and Rivers Database)
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Spatially referenced point locations of World Lake features. The AF_WLDLK shapefile data layer is comprised of 1887 derivative tabular/point limnological, world lakes and rivers features derived based on 1:5 000 000 data originally from FAO. The layer provides nominal analytical/mapping at 1:5 000 000. Data processing 60% complete globally, with African and Arabian subsets 100% complete. Acronyms and Abbreviations: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization in the United Nations.
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Cross-Table of Chemistry/Biology data. The WL_CMBIO tabular data layer is comprised of 813 derivative tabular/point limnological, world lakes and rivers features derived based on data originally from FAO. The layer provides nominal analytical/mapping at 1:5 000 000. Acronyms and Abbreviations: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization in the United Nations.
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Spatially World Lake features which could be cross-referenced to VMap0 - SWB features. The AF_WL_PT shapefile data layer is comprised of 499 derivative tabular | point limnological, world lakes and rivers features derived based on 1:5 000 000 data originally from FAO. The layer provides nominal analytical/mapping at 1:5 000 000. Data processing 60% complete globally, with African and Arabian subsets 100% complete. Acronyms and Abbreviations: VMap0 - Vector Map for Level 0; SWB - Surface Water Body.