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This product SORAH Hydropower P1 incorporates data from the HydroSHEDS version 1 database which is © World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (2006-2022) and has been used herein under license. WWF has not evaluated the data as altered and incorporated within SORAH Hydropower P1, and therefore gives no warranty regarding its accuracy, completeness, currency or suitability for any particular purpose. Portions of the HydroSHEDS v1 database incorporate data which are the intellectual property rights of © USGS (2006-2008), NASA (2000-2005), ESRI (1992-1998), CIAT (2004-2006), UNEP-WCMC (1993), WWF (2004), Commonwealth of Australia (2007), and Her Royal Majesty and the British Crown and are used under license. The HydroSHEDS v1 database and more information are available at hydrosheds.org.

HydroSHEDS: Lehner, B., Verdin, K., Jarvis, A. (2008): New global hydrography derived from spaceborne elevation data. Eos, Transactions, AGU, 89(10): 93–94.

HydroRIVERS: Lehner, B., Grill, G. (2013): Global river hydrography and network routing: baseline data and new approaches to study the world's large river systems. Hydrological Processes 27(15): 2171–2186. doi:10.1002/hyp.9740

SORAH: Strahler order ≥5 selection, display simplification and styling. Fixed geographic network; not current river flow or inferred connections to plants. These derived display assets are integrated into this visualization and are not offered for standalone extraction or redistribution.

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