Dataset
To provide morphometric information for African major drainage basins.
Data was supplied by Natural Environment Research Council.
Data contains the morphometric information 12 major drainage basins in Africa (Congo, Niger, Zambezi, Nile, Orange, Shembele, Limpopo, Volta, Senegal, Ogooue, Ruvuma and Cuanza). The morphometric information included the total area covered in a square kilometer, river extracted, drainage density, eroded volume, mean annual precipitation, mean gravity anomaly, mean elevation, sediment load, discharge and volume.
Data was collected through remote sensing.