*Metadata for the global hydrobelt and hydroregion datasets*

Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984
Datum: D_WGS_1984
Prime Meridian: Greenwich
Angular Unit: Degree 

Resolution for the grid-files: 0.5 dgr


*Hydrobelts*

0	Ice (Greenland)
1	Boreal (BOR)
2	Northern Mid Latitude (NML)
3	Northern Dry (NDR)
4	Northern Sub Tropical (NST)
5	Equatorial (EQT)
6	Southern Sub Tropical (SST)
7	Southern Dry (SDR)
8	Southern Mid Latitude (SML)


*Hydroregions*

0 	Ice (Greenland)
11	BOR_Nam
12	NML_Nam
13	NDR_Nam
14	NST_Nam
25	EQT_Sam
26	SST_Sam
27	SDR_Sam
28	SML_Sam
31	BOR_Eur
32	NML_Eur
43	NDR_Afr
44	NST_Afr
45	EQT_Afr
46	SST_Afr
47	SDR_Afr
48	SML_Afr
511	BOR_Asi(WSb)
512	BOR_Asi(ESb)	
52	NML_Asi	
531	NDR_Asi(MdE)	
532	NDR_Asi(CAs)	
54	NST_Asi	
55	EQT_Asi	
66	SST_Aus
67	SDR_Aus	
68	SML_Aus	

Nam = North America
Sam = South America
Eur = Europe
Afr = Africa
Asi = Asia
Aus = Australia&Oceania

WSb = West Siberia
ESb = East Siberia
MdE = Middle East
CAs = Central Asia



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Please refer to to the dataset as Meybeck et al (2013):

Meybeck M, Kummu M and Dürr HH. 2013. Global hydrobelts and hydroregions: improved reporting scale for water-related issues? Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ????: ????-????. doi: 10.5194/hess-??-????-2013

Article is avalaible at http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-??-????-2013
