NBA2018_artificial_wetlands_20180629_AEA

Improving the national wetland inventory.

Mapping the locality of wetlands is essential so that they may be classified into the different wetland ecosystem types across the country, which in turn can be used along with other data to identify wetlands of conservation significance.

Van Deventer, H.; Smith-Adao, L.; Mbona, N.; Petersen, C.; Skowno, A.; Collins, N.B.; Grenfell, M.; Job, N.; Lötter, M.; Ollis, D.; Scherman, P.; Sieben, E.; Snaddon, K. 2018. South African Inventory of Inland Aquatic Ecosystems. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Report Number: CSIR report number CSIR/NRE/ECOS/IR/2018/0001/A; SANBI report number http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12143/5847.

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Please ensure you obtain the National Wetland Map 5 and NWM5 confidence Map and relevant reports to understand the appropriate use of the data. Appropriate use and a disclaimer is provided under the relevant reports.

WGS 1984

Projection: Albers

False_Easting: 0.0

False_Northing: 0.0

Central_Meridian: 25.0

Standard_Parallel_1: -24.0

Standard_Parallel_2: -33.0

Latitude_Of_Origin: 0.0

Linear Unit: Meter (1.0)

As part of the development of the national wetland map a dataset of artificial water bodies was built using the DRDLR:NGI hydrological features exported from NWM5.2. All non-natural feature types were included in this feature class and were checked for consistency and then integrated by Dr Andrew Skowno (SANBI) with the national 1:50 000 dams map. Dr Heidi van Deventer subsequently added and cleaned the dataset. Please see Van Deventer et al. (2018) for more information.

SANS 1878

FGDC-STD-001-1998