EFG F1.7 Large rivers – previous maps

F1. Rivers and streams biome

F1
alt versions
Published

June 7, 2024

Version history

This page provides information about older or alternative versions of indicative distribution map for this ecosystem functional group F1.7 Large rivers. Check the current maps here.

  • Indicative Map (code: F1.7.IM.alt, version v1.0) discarded
  • Web navigation (code: F1.7.web.orig, version v1.0) requires review
  • Web navigation (code: F1.7.WM.nwx, version v1.0) in preparation

Datasets

Datasets considered for previous versions of the indicative map

  • GloRIC-1.0 (Ouellet Dallaire et al. 2018).
  • HydroRIVERS-V1.0 (Lehner and Grill 2013).
dataset url
GloRIC-1.0 https://www.hydrosheds.org/page/gloric
HydroRIVERS-V1.0 https://www.hydrosheds.org/page/hydrorivers

Available files

You can download geospatial data for older versions of these maps from the following sources:

F1.7.web.orig (v1.0): GitHub repository

Note that you need to login to some services like mapbox or earthengine, and in some cases you also need to request access to the files.

License information

Indicative maps have been released with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

But see details of dataset licenses below:

dataset license_info
GloRIC-1.0 freely available for scientific; educational and commercial use :: https://data.hydrosheds.org/file/technical-documentation/HydroSHEDS_TechDoc_v1_4.pdf
HydroRIVERS-V1.0 https://data.hydrosheds.org/file/technical-documentation/HydroSHEDS_TechDoc_v1_4.pdf

References

References used in these versions of the maps.

  • Lehner, B., Grill G. (2013) Global river hydrography and network routing: baseline data and new approaches to study the world’s large river systems Hydrological Processes 27(15): 2171–2186. Data is available at www.hydrosheds.org. DOI:10.1002/hyp.9740
  • Ouellet Dallaire, C., Lehner, B., Sayre, R., Thieme, M. (2018): A multidisciplinary framework to derive global river reach classifications at high spatial resolution. Environmental Research Letters 14: 024003. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aad8e9