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River basins

Source: R/data.R
ISO3.Rd

A named list of basin metadata. Names are the basin's largest country ISO3 codes. This list is read in from package configuration file at ./data-raw/json/ISO3.json. This file may be manually edited to add new basin configurations.

Usage

ISO3

Format

A named list, names are 3-letter ISO3 country codes.

See also

ZOI

Examples

# Processed river basins
names(ISO3)
#> [1] "mli" "ken"

# Metadata terms currently in use for each basin
ISO3[[1]]
#> $label
#> [1] "Niger River"
#> 
#> $source
#> [1] "./csv_km3"
#> 
#> $admin
#> [1] "./data-raw/json/mli_basin.geojson"
#> 
#> $water
#> [1] "./data-raw/json/mli_gloric.geojson"
#> 
#> $type
#> [1] "river drainage basin"
#> 
#> $country
#> [1] "Mali"
#> 
#> $countries
#> [1] "Mali"         "Guinea"       "Burkina Faso" "Ivory Coast" 
#> 
#> $unit
#> [1] "km³"
#> 
#> $area
#> [1] 40000
#> 
#> $`irrigated area`
#> [1] 400
#> 
#> $population
#> [1] 800000
#> 
#> $authorities
#> [1] "Niger Basin Authority"
#> 
#> $url
#> [1] "http://www.sath.abn.ne/"
#> 
#> $`major season`
#> [1] "Apr-Sep"
#> 
#> $`minor season`
#> [1] "Oct-Dec"
#> 
#> $`major dams`
#> [1] 5
#> 
#> $`hydro power`
#> [1] 60
#>