EFG F1.5 Season lowland rivers – current maps
F1. Rivers and streams biome
This page provides information about the valid indicative distribution map for the ecosystem functional group F1.5 Seasonal lowland rivers. For older or alternative maps, see here.
Methods
Here is the methods summary for Map code and version: F1.5.web.map v1.0.
Freshwater ecoregions (Abell et al. 2008) were identified as containing occurrences of these functional groups if: i) their descriptions mentioned features consistent with those identified in the profile of the Ecosystem Functional Group; and ii) if their location was consistent with the ecological drivers described in the profile. Within these areas, major occurrences were mapped using stream orders 4-9 taken from the RiverATLAS (v1.0) database (Linke et al.2019) combined with global estimates of surface water phenology (classes 1, 2 and 7 from Pekel et al. 2016). The remaining area of selected ecoregions was designated as minor occurrences.
Datasets
FEOW-2008 (Abell et al. 2008):
Source of biogeographical range. Resolution: variable (polygons), static. Accuracy evaluation: qualitative (experts judgement).
GSW-1.1 (Pekel et al. 2016):
Source of Surface water phenology. Resolution: <1km2, periods/epochs. Accuracy evaluation: >90%.
HydroAtlas-1.0 (Linke et al. 2019):
Source of Hydrography. Resolution: <1km2, static. Accuracy evaluation: derived from sources.
Processing
Processing steps used in this map are: Selection :: Reclassification :: Buffering :: Aggregation.
Map evaluation
This map is considered to be a Fine quality map based on the following characteristics:
Concept alignment is Semi-direct,general.
Ground observations are NA.
The accuracy evaluation Compiled from reputable source data,documented,quantitative.
How to use the data
Available files
Following maps are considered current and valid indicative distribution maps for this ecosystem functional group. Web navigation maps are optimised for use in webapps, but they have similar methods and differ only in details of format and processing.
- Indicative Map (code: F1.5.IM.grid, version v2.0)
- Web navigation (code: F1.5.web.map, version v1.0)
You can download geospatial data for this map from the following sources:
F1.5.IM.grid (v2.0): Google Cloud bucket :: Zenodo repository (bundle of maps)
F1.5.web.map (v1.0): Google Cloud bucket :: Zenodo repository (bundle of maps) :: Zenodo repository (EFG map) :: Mapbox tileset :: Earth Engine assets
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.
Datasets used to create this map might have some restriction for commercial use, see details below.
| dataset | license_info |
|---|---|
| FEOW-2008 | https://www.feow.org/copyright :: custom license :: non commercial use |
| GSW-1.1 | produced under the Copernicus Programme and is provided free of charge, without restriction of use :: Copernicus Regulation :: http://www.copernicus.eu/main/data-access/ |
| HydroAtlas-1.0 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ :: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International License |
References
References used in this version of the maps.
- Linke, S., Lehner, B., Ouellet Dallaire, C., Ariwi, J., Grill, G., Anand, M., Beames, P., Burchard-Levine, V., Maxwell, S., Moidu, H., Tan, F., Thieme, M. (2019) Global hydro-environmental sub-basin and river reach characteristics at high spatial resolution Scientific Data 6: 283 DOI:10.1038/s41597-019-0300-6
- Abell R, Thieme ML, Revenga C, Bryer M, Kottelat M, Bogutskaya N, Coad B, Mandrak N, Contreras Balderas S, Bussing W, Stiassny MLJ, Skelton P, Allen GR, Unmack P, Naseka A, Ng R, Sindorf N, Robertson J, Armijo E, Higgins JV, Heibel TJ, Wikramanayake E, Olson D, López HL, Reis RE, Lundberg JG, Sabaj Pérez MH, Petry P (2008) Freshwater ecoregions of the world: A new map of biogeographic units for freshwater biodiversity conservation, BioScience 58: 403–414. DOI:10.1641/B580507
- Pekel JF, Cottam A, Gorelick N, Belward AS (2016) High-resolution mapping of global surface water and its long-term changes Nature 540, 418-422 DOI:10.1038/nature20584