Waterbodies in Uganda

Main open water bodies of Uganda.

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Description

This dataset results from the combination of three datasets: 1. NATIONAL FOREST AUTHORITY (NFA). 1996. Land Cover GIS Database. Kampala, Uganda: Government of Uganda, NFA. 2. NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY (NIMA). 1997. Vector Map Level 0 (Digital Chart of the World), 3rd Edition. Fairfax, Virginia: NIMA. 3. BRAKENRIDGE, G.R., E. ANDERSON AND S. CAQUARAD. 2006. Global Active Archive of Large Flood Events. Data selected for Lake Victoria. Hanover, New Hampshire, USA: Dartmouth Flood Observatory.

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Project: Ecosystem Service Mapping

Page Last Updated: August 19, 2016

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