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Data Layer GraphicTitle: "SRTM Water Bodies" (2006)
 
Description: SRTM Water Bodies (North West, one of six data sets) represents the lakes, rivers, and ocean areas within the SRTM coverage area (between 60 degrees North and 56 degrees South latitude) of the world. All SRTM elevation values within lakes and ocean areas were set to be a constant elevation for that feature. Elevation values within river areas were set to insure the proper flow direction. The primary source for these water features was a Landsat 5-based landcover water layer supplemented with medium-scale maps and charts. SRTM Water Bodies provides the geographic extent of where the original SRTM elevation values were altered to more accurately represent water surface areas within the data set. These data can also be used for cartographic display.
 
Keywords and Themes: Hydrography, Inland Waters, Lakes, Oceans, Rivers,
 
Filename Prefix: srtm_n_water_w.sdc
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Mapped Drive Folder: /esri2006/ElevImage_World/srtm_void_filled/water/
Total size of data files: 128 MB
 
Data Type: ESRI SDC data set
Feature Type: SDC Feature Database
Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984
Datum: D_WGS_1984Map Units: Decimal degrees

Spatial Extent: World
Source Scale: 1:100,000
Scale Note: Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.

Created by: U.S. Geological Survey Center for Earth Resource Observation and Science (EROS)
Released by: ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
Content Date: ground condition: 200002; publication date: 1996
Published Date: 20061001

Collection Name: ESRI® Data & Maps 2006
Physical Location: Reference GIS Data Cabinet
Call Number: G70.212 .E77 2006
Acquired Date: 20061122
Distribution Restrictions: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/esridm/2006/help/rdstrght.htm

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Record ID: 2973_edm06

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