Water sources in the Syrian Desertdoi:10.18710/CEY9QRDataverseNO2019-10-252Seland, Eivind Heldaas, 2019, "Water sources in the Syrian Desert", https://doi.org/10.18710/CEY9QR, DataverseNO, V2Water sources in the Syrian Desertdoi:10.18710/CEY9QRSeland, Eivind HeldaasUniversity of BergenGoogle Earth ProfessionalDataverseNOUniversity of BergenSeland, Eivind HeldaasSeland, Eivind Heldaas2019-10-14Arts and HumanitiesEarth and Environmental SciencesHydrologySyrian DesertWaterNear EastHistoryThe 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.19801980Syrian Arab RepublicIraqJordanSyrian DesertSyrian DesertSyrian Desertdesert35.5045.0031.3336.00GIS-dataGlavnoye 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.<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">CC BY 4.0</a>01_Readme.txttext/plainSyrianDesertCisternPoolReservoir.gmlapplication/gml+xmlSyrianDesertCisternPoolReservoir.kmlapplication/vnd.google-earth.kml+xmlSyrianDesertMajorWells.gmlapplication/gml+xmlSyrianDesertMajorWells.kmlapplication/vnd.google-earth.kml+xmlSyrianDesertMinorWells.gmlapplication/gml+xmlSyrianDesertMinorWells.kmlapplication/vnd.google-earth.kml+xmlSyrianDesertSprings.gmlapplication/gml+xmlSyrianDesertSprings.kmlapplication/vnd.google-earth.kml+xmlSyrianDesertWaterSources.pdfapplication/pdf