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Sub-basins of Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) Region

Updated Date: 4/22/2021 11:19:59 AM

The dataset provides second level or sub-basin river boundaries of ten major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region – the Amu Darya, Brahmaputra (Yarlungtsanpo), Ganges, Indus, Irrawaddy, Mekong (Lancang), Salween (Nu), Tarim (Dayan), Yangtse (Jinsha), and the Yellow River (Huanghe). In addition, it also includes boundaries of two interior river basins. The dataset has been developed from NASA’s 90m resolution Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) digital elevation model.

Sub-basins of Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) Region
Schema iso19139
Purpose Base GIS data layer for use in climate, hydrological and other applications.
Descriptive Keyword Sub basin, Basin, River basin (theme) HKH, Hindu Kush Himalaya Region (place)
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Language eng
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Date 2021-04-22T11:19:59
Standard Name North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003
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Name Email metadata@icimod.org
Organization Name ICIMOD Voice 977 1 5275222
Position name Address Kathmandu Khumaltar, Lalitpur GPO Box 3226 Nepal
Role author
Identification Info
Title Sub-basins of Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) Region
Date 2012-01-20T11:43:00
Date Type publication
Abstract The dataset provides second level or sub-basin river boundaries of ten major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region – the Amu Darya, Brahmaputra (Yarlungtsanpo), Ganges, Indus, Irrawaddy, Mekong (Lancang), Salween (Nu), Tarim (Dayan), Yangtse (Jinsha), and the Yellow River (Huanghe). In addition, it also includes boundaries of two interior river basins. The dataset has been developed from NASA’s 90m resolution Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) digital elevation model.
Purpose Base GIS data layer for use in climate, hydrological and other applications.
Status completed
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Topic Category geoscientificInformation
Spatial Representation Type vector
Point Of Contact
Individual Name Email metadata@icimod.org
Organization Name ICIMOD Voice 977 1 5275222
Position name Address Kathmandu Khumaltar, Lalitpur GPO Box 3226 Nepal
Role author
Geographic Extent
Geographic Extent East 122.6445 Geographic Extent West 58.3583
Geographic Extent North 44.1849 Geographic Extent South 8.5538
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Use Limitation Free to use with attribution to the source. Suggested citation: ICIMOD. (2021). Sub-basins of Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) Region [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/RDS.8909
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Reference System Information
Code WGS 1984
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Hierarchy level dataset