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SUBMITTER: Basher Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6153272 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Basher Zeenatul Z Lynch Abigail J AJ Taylor William W WW
Data in brief 20180911
We present the first high resolution (1:20,000) river centerlines shapefiles from 50 large rivers across the world. Rivers were selected based on the criteria of having more than 1000 km length and which have been reported to have a significant contribution to global fishery production. Since large rivers often span multiple countries, the degree of changes (i.e., anthropogenic or climate derived) varies from region to region. These high-resolution layers were developed to enable researchers to ...[more]