Title
River classification
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Description

Bougainville river classification extracted from GloRiC (global river classifcation) database. 

The Global River Classification GloRiC provides a database of river types and sub-classifications for all river reaches globally.

Publication Date
Type
Vector Data
Category
Freshwater
Freshwater
Regions
Papua New Guinea
Responsible
Attribution
McGill, WWF
More info
-
Maintenance Frequency
There Are No Plans To Update The Data
Restrictions
Other Restrictions
Purpose

The goal of the Global River Classification (GloRiC) framework is to establish a common vocabulary
and standardized approach to the development of globally comprehensive and integrated river
classifications that can be tailored to different goals and requirements.

Language
English
Data Quality

The quality of HydroSHEDS data is
significantly inferior for regions above 60 degrees northern
latitude as there is no underlying SRTM elevation data
available and thus a coarser scale DEM has been inserted 

Supplemental Information

https://www.hydrosheds.org/page/gloric

Spatial Representation Type
vector

Layer WMS GetCapabilities document

Attribute Name Label Description
fid
OBJECTID
Reach_ID
Next_down
Length_km
Log_Q_avg
Log_Q_var
Class_hydr
Temp_min
CMI_indx
Log_elev
Class_phys
Lake_wet
Stream_pow
Class_geom
Reach_type
Kmeans_30
Shape_Leng

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