Dataset

Global Lakes and Wetlands database: Large Lake Polygons (Level 1)

Surface WaterGlobalWorld Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Dataset Objective

To provide a comprehensive database of global lakes and a good representation of the maximum global wetland extent.

Context

The database comprises of 3,067 largest lakes (area ? 50 km2) and 654 largest reservoirs (storage capacity ? 0.5 km3) worldwide.

What is included

The dataset examines large lakes and reservoirs, smaller water bodies, wetlands, geographical location, reserviour volume, source of reservior, main country of lake or reservoir, name of water resources, catchment area of water reservoir.

Collection Methods

Sourced from lake registers, compilations and satellites imageries.