Water sources in the Syrian Desert (doi:10.18710/CEY9QR)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Water sources in the Syrian Desert

Identification Number:

doi:10.18710/CEY9QR

Distributor:

DataverseNO

Date of Distribution:

2019-10-25

Version:

2

Bibliographic Citation:

Seland, Eivind Heldaas, 2019, "Water sources in the Syrian Desert", https://doi.org/10.18710/CEY9QR, DataverseNO, V2

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Water sources in the Syrian Desert

Identification Number:

doi:10.18710/CEY9QR

Authoring Entity:

Seland, Eivind Heldaas (University of Bergen)

Producer:

University of Bergen

Software used in Production:

Google Earth Professional

Distributor:

DataverseNO

Distributor:

University of Bergen

Access Authority:

Seland, Eivind Heldaas

Depositor:

Seland, Eivind Heldaas

Date of Deposit:

2019-10-14

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.18710/CEY9QR

Study Scope

Keywords:

Arts and Humanities, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hydrology, Syrian Desert, Water, Near East, History

Abstract:

The dataset gives the location of 2236 water sources in the Syrian Desert, which were identified on Soviet topographic maps originally printed in 1980. These consist of 853 pools/reservoirs/cisterns, 1061 small wells, 119 large wells and 203 springs, and represent a complete coverage of the study area. Data is presented in Keyhole Markup Language-format for direct usage, refinement and editing in most GIS-software.

Time Period:

1980-1980

Country:

Syrian Arab Republic, Iraq, Jordan

Geographic Coverage:

Syrian Desert, Syrian Desert, Syrian Desert

Geographic Unit(s):

desert

Geographic Bounding Box:

  • West Bounding Longitude: 35.50
  • East Bounding Longitude: 45.00
  • South Bounding Latitude: 31.33
  • North Bounding Latitude: 36.00

Kind of Data:

GIS-data

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Sources:

Glavnoye Upravleniye Geodezji i Kartografii 1:200 000, GUGK, Moscow, 1980, quadrants h36-06, h37-01-06, h38 01-03, i36-36, i37-03, 04, 07-11, 13-36, i38-13, 19, 20, 25, 26, 31-33.

Data Access

Conditions:

Basemap in file SyrianDesertWaterSources.pdf (c) ESRI 2014.

Other Study Description Materials

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01_Readme.txt

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text/plain

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SyrianDesertCisternPoolReservoir.gml

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application/gml+xml

Other Study-Related Materials

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SyrianDesertCisternPoolReservoir.kml

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application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml

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SyrianDesertMajorWells.gml

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application/gml+xml

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SyrianDesertMajorWells.kml

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application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml

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SyrianDesertMinorWells.gml

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application/gml+xml

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SyrianDesertMinorWells.kml

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application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml

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SyrianDesertSprings.gml

Notes:

application/gml+xml

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

SyrianDesertSprings.kml

Notes:

application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml

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SyrianDesertWaterSources.pdf

Notes:

application/pdf