Watershed Boundaries of GRDC Stations

Abstract:
Watershed Boundaries of approx. 7500 GRDC Stations generated on the basis of the HydroSHEDS drainage network (Lehner et al., 2008). The "Watershed Boundaries of GRDC Stations" are provided as ESRI Shapefiles under the conditions of the GRDC Data Policy, which states the non-commercial use of the data and the overall citation of GRDC as the source.

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      • Watershed Boundaries of GRDC Stations
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      • creation: 2011-03-18
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