Static Layers


Product name

Description

OutputsSource

Major Rivers

Layer showing the major rivers.


Map

Major river basins

Major river basins of the world. Source: Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC). For more technical details see www.bafg.de

MapGlobal Runoff Data Centre

GloFAS lakes and reservoirs

Lakes (the largest 463) and reservoirs (the largest 667) as included in the GloFAS model set up. Selection criteria are:
(1) lake surface area > 100km2;
(2) significant impact on river discharge;
(3) reservoir capacity > 0.5 km3.

Map

Global Lakes and Wetlands Database

Global Reservoirs and Dams Database


Flood hazard 100 year return period

Inundated areas for flood events with a return period of 100 years, based on GloFAS climatology. Permanent water bodies derived from the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database and from the Natural Earth lakes map.

Map

https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/jrc-floods-floodmapgl_rp100y-tif



LISFLOOD Drainage Network (previously known as Upstream Area)

Drainage network of the LISFLOOD model. Rivers are shown as they are represented in the model. Lines show connections between the model pixels above 500 km2 drainage area. The larger drainage area is represented by both darkening colours and increasing line widths.


The GloFAS river network is plotted with river pixels above 1000 km2, represented by the upstream area (in km2).

MapNA

Reservoir impact

The map illustrates the potential impact of reservoirs included in GloFAS on river discharge at global scale. To provide a continuous estimate of the potential reservoir effect along river reaches, the ratio of reservoir volume to mean annual discharge was calculated for each grid cell. This ratio makes use of the upstream cumulative reservoir capacity [m3] and the cell-specific total volume of annual natural river discharge [m3].

MapNA

Administrative Regions

Administrative regions merged using NUTS-2 or NUTS-3 classification from EUROSTAT and the region classification from GADM.

MapEUROSTAT

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