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    • Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1, Revision 01 (v1.01) contains 6,862 records of reservoirs and their associated dams with a cumulative storage capacity of 6,197 cubic km. The dams were geospatially referenced and assigned to polygons depicting reservoir outlines at high spatial resolution. Dams have multiple attributes, such as name of the dam and impounded river, primary use, nearest city, height, area and volume of reservoir, and year of construction (or commissioning). While the main focus was to include all dams associated with reservoirs that have a storage capacity of more than 0.1 cubic kilometers, many smaller dams and reservoirs were added where data were available. The data were compiled by Lehner et al. (2011) and are distributed by the Global Water System Project (GWSP) and by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). For details please refer to the Technical Documentation which is provided with the data.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4HH6H08

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2210186323-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2011-12-22
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2011-12-22
    Category GRAND, geospatial
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff "Energy Infrastructure","Energy Conversion","Energy Resources","Energy Supply"
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011-12-22. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Version 1.01. Bonn, Germany. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Global Water System Project (GWSP). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4N877QK. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4N877QK.
    Creator Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser
    Graphic Preview Description Maps Download Page
    Graphic Preview File https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/grand-v1-dams-rev01/maps
    Harvest Object Id 2db98753-86ae-471d-b8df-08f069ca6506
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/H4N877QK
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -153.03 -45.88 176.82 70.4
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4HH6H08
    Release Place Bonn, Germany
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 07e7b2f63dce360e001a76aeab6586e1873c5e523331d8a2d54a6a37c600b231
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z/2011-12-31T00:00:00Z

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