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Hydrology layersfrom Global Runoff Data
Centre (2007):MajorRiverBasinsof the
World/Global Runoff DataCentre.
Koblenz,Germ any:Federal Institute of
Hydrology (BfG).Basem aplayersfrom
Natural Earth.
Postercreatedby LidiaRoy,GISC1491,
21/02/2018.
Only tw o andahalf percentof all w ateron
the Blue Planet,Earth,isfreshw ater.
Of that,only one percentof w ateris
accessible forhum an consum ption.Rivers
are critical conductsforlim itedfreshw ater
resources,in addition to hosting
species,dividingandunifyingpolitical
regions,use fortransportation,and
servingasbeautiful natural areasfor
inspiration andrecreation.
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boundariesfrom the Global Runoff Data
Centre’s(GRDC’s)MajorRiverBasinsof
the Worlddataset(2007).T he “Four
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annual flow volum e asprovidedby the
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OFASIA
Rivers
FOURLARGEST
Lambert Conformal Conic
Datum : WGS 1984
Central Meridian : 103.200
Standard Parellel 1 : 12.000
Standard Parellel 2 : 30.000
Latitude Of Origin : 22.000
Projection : Equidistant Conic
Datum : WGS 1984
Central Meridian : 91.500
Standard Parellel 1 : 15.000
Standard Parellel 2 : 65.000
Latitude Of Origin : 27.600
Lambert Conformal Conic
Datum : WGS 1984
Central Meridian : 118.100
Standard Parellel 1 : 7.000
Standard Parellel 2 : 32.000
Latitude Of Origin : 22.000
Equidistant Conic
Datum : Sphere
Central Meridian : 98.000
Standard Parellel 1 : 60.000
Standard Parellel 2 : 60.000
Latitude Of Origin : 57.000