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Mountain Regions in Bhutan

Updated Date: 11/3/2025 9:32:39 AM

Digital raster dataset representing the mountain regions in Bhutan. This dataset is prepared based on SRTM 30m resolution DEM showing different classes of mountains in the country defined by the Kapos et al. (2000): Class 1: elevation > 4500m; Class 2: elevation 3500–4500m; Class 3: elevation 2500-3500m; Class 4: elevation 1500–2500m and slope >= 2deg; Class 5: elevation 1000–1500m and slope >= 5deg or local elevation range (7km radius) > 300m; Class 6: elevation 300–1000m and local elevation range (7km radius) > 300m;

Schema	iso19139
Purpose	This dataset has been prepared for deriving mountain green cover index layer for Bhutan under ICIMOD-CBAS Partnership Project on SDG-15.
Descriptive Keyword	mountain classification, mountain (theme) Bhutan (place)

Metadata Record Info
Language	eng
Charset	utf8
Hierarchy Level	dataset
Date	2025-11-03T09:32:39
Standard Name	North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003

Contact
Name		Email	metadata@icimod.org
Organization Name	ICIMOD	Voice
Position name		Address
Role	author

Identification Info
Title	Mountain Regions in Bhutan
Date	2025-09-25
Date Type	publication
Abstract	Digital raster dataset representing the mountain regions in Bhutan. This dataset is prepared based on SRTM 30m resolution DEM showing different classes of mountains in the country defined by the Kapos et al. (2000): Class 1: elevation > 4500m; Class 2: elevation 3500–4500m; Class 3: elevation 2500-3500m; Class 4: elevation 1500–2500m and slope >= 2deg; Class 5: elevation 1000–1500m and slope >= 5deg or local elevation range (7km radius) > 300m; Class 6: elevation 300–1000m and local elevation range (7km radius) > 300m;
Purpose	This dataset has been prepared for deriving mountain green cover index layer for Bhutan under ICIMOD-CBAS Partnership Project on SDG-15.
Status	completed
Charset	utf8
Topic Category	geoscientificInformation
Spatial Representation Type	grid
Spatial Resolution	30

Geographic Extent
Geographic Extent East	92.1142	Geographic Extent West	88.7519
Geographic Extent North	28.325	Geographic Extent South	26.7036

Resource Maintenance Information
Maintenance and update frequency	asNeeded
User Defined Maintenance Frequency
Date of Next Update

Legal Constraints
Use Limitation	Free to use with attribution to the source. Suggested citation: ICIMOD. (2025). Mountain Regions in Bhutan [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/RDS.1973237
Use Limitation	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Access Constraints	license
Use Constraints	license

Reference System Information
Code	WGS 1984

Data Quality Info
Hierarchy level	dataset

Distributor Info
Email	metadata@icimod.org	Organization Name	ICIMOD
Voice	977-1-5003222	Position name
Address		Role	distributor

Metadata

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Mountain Regions in Bhutan