Archived PBPTW: River Corridors (Swellendam Municipality)

River Corridors layer for the Cape Agulhas, De Hoop Management Area, Overstrand, Drakenstein Municipality, Swartland, Swellendam and Theewaterskloof Municipalities.

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Date (Publication)
2005
Edition

1.0
Purpose

To provide a GIS layer for the municipal Spatial Development Framework that represents areas where important ecological and

evolutionary processes associated with river courses and adjacent riparian habitat are taking place for the Cape Agulhas, De Hoop

Management Area, Overstrand, Drakenstein Municipality, Swartland, Swellendam and Theewaterskloof Municipalities.
Status
On going
Custodian
  South African National Biodiversity Institute - BGIS Unit ( GIS Officer )
Kirstenbosch Research Centre , Claremont , Cape Town , 7735 , South Africa
+27 (21) 799 8738
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Theme

  • River

  • Aquatic
Place

  • Swellendam Municipality

  • South Africa
Keywords
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Data Origin: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF), Botanical Society of SA (preparation of layer)

Capture Source: DWAF, Resource Quality Services (previously IWQS) and Chief Directorate of Surveys and Mapping; Botanical Society of SA (preparation of present data layer)
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
50000
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Begin date
2016-01-01
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Reference system identifier
WGS 1984

Distributor

Distributor
  SANBI
Name

ZIP
Version

1
OnLine resource
A list of spatial data-sets are available at this URL. ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related )

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Dataset
Statement

The 1: 500 000 South African rivers coverage (perennial, non-perennial, and dry river types) was clipped to include those

reaches within 10 kilometres of the municipal boundary. For more information about the original rivers coverage see the reference below.


AVAILABLE DOCUMENTATION

Rivers of South Africa Details available at: http://www.dwaf.gov.za/iwqs/gis_data/river/rivs500k.html

File identifier
b0738f26-50bf-4450-b928-7e5ba15f2914 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2017-10-13T16:03:07
Metadata standard name

SANS 1878
Metadata standard version

FGDC-STD-001-1998
Distributor
  SANBI - ( The Metadata Manager )
Kirstenbosch Research Centre , Cape Town , Claremont , 7735 , South Africa
+27 21 799 8738
 
 

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Keywords

Aquatic River

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