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Africa - Water Bodies (2015)

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Title
Africa - Water Bodies (2015)
Description
This dataset shows water bodies in Africa including lakes, reservoir, and lagoon. Data is curated from The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) was established in Nairobi Ð Kenya in 1975 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the then Organization of African Unity (OAU), today African Union (AU). RCMRD is an inter-governmental organization and currently has 20 Contracting Member States in the Eastern and Southern Africa Regions; Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe., The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, collectively the World Bank Group (WBG) strives to enhance public access to and use of data that can support development impact., This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Creator
World Bank Group
Publisher
World Bank Group
Subject
Bodies of water, Inland Waters
Temporal Coverage
2017
Date Issued
2017
Rights
This material may be shared or adapted provided appropriate credit is given to the originator, and the same license is used.
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
Access Rights
Public
Format
Shapefile
Language
English
Date Added
October 01, 2025

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    World Bank Group (2017). Africa - Water Bodies (2015). World Bank Group. https://purl.stanford.edu/nd124my6773 (dataset)
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