Description: We developed a dense hydrologically consistent drainage network for the Amazon Basin as well as for its adjacent coastal basins (Coastal North, Coastal South and Tocantins), which together make up the Amazon Region. River data also include a first approximation of river types based on water color as a proxy for distinct chemical characteristics and estimates of the distance above the mouth of the Amazon River for individual stream segments. This classified river network provides a linear framework for analyzing, monitoring and managing aspects of the fluvial ecosystem specifically associated with river and stream channels.
Copyright Text: Authors:
Eduardo Venticinque1, Bruce Forsberg2, Ronaldo B. Barthem3, Paulo Petry4, Laura Hess5, Armando Mercado6, Carlos Cañas6, Mariana Montoya6, Carlos Durigan6, Michael Goulding6.
Affiliations:
1-Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte endereço (UFRN), Depto Ecologia, 59072-970 - Natal, RN – Brazil
2-Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) Cx Postal 478, Manaus, AM, Brazil, 69011-970
3-Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (Belém, Pará, Brazil), Caixa Postal 399, Belém, PA, Brazil, 66040-170
4-The Nature Conservancy (TNC), 4245 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA22203, USA & Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, USA
5-Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-3060 USA
6-Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10460 USA
Contact: Eduardo Venticinque - eduardo.venticinque@gmail.com; BruceForsberg - brforsberg@gmail.com; Armando Mercado - amercado@wcs.org
The synthetic work for this paper was supported by the Science for Nature and People (SNAP) project sponsored by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Nature Conservancy (TNC).
Description: Divides the working area into 3 drainage polygons: one large polygon containing the Amazon and Tocantins river basins; and two smaller ones containing the northern and southern coastal basins draining directly into the Atlantic.VariablesDescriptionOBJECTIDObject identifierSUM_OR1_KThe length (km) of first order stream by each basin in the full resolution network SUM_OR2_KThe length (km) of second order stream by each basin in the full resolution network SUM_OR3_KThe length (km) of third order stream by each basin in the full resolution network SUM_OR4_KThe length (km) of fourth order stream by each basin in the full resolution network SUM_OR5_KThe length (km) of fifth order stream by each basin in the full resolution network SUM_OR6_KThe length (km) of sixth order stream by each basin in the full resolution network SUM_OR7_KThe length (km) of seventh order stream by each basin in the full resolution network SUM_OR8_KThe length (km) of octave order stream by each basin in the full resolution network SUM_OR9_KThe length (km) of ninth order stream by each basin in the full resolution network SUM_OR10_KThe length (km) of tenth order stream by each basin in the full resolution network SUM_OR11_KThe length (km) of eleventh order stream by each basin in the full resolution network SUM_TOT_KThe length (km) of all orders stream by each basin in the full resolution network Area_km2Area in square kilometersArea_haArea in hectaresBL1Name of basin in level BL1Shape_LengthLength in degrees - NOT USEShape_AreaArea in degrees - NOT USE
Copyright Text: Authors:
Eduardo Venticinque1, Bruce Forsberg2, Ronaldo B. Barthem3, Paulo Petry4, Laura Hess5, Armando Mercado6, Carlos Cañas6, Mariana Montoya6, Carlos Durigan6, Michael Goulding6.
Affiliations:
1-Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte endereço (UFRN), Depto Ecologia, 59072-970 - Natal, RN – Brazil
2-Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) Cx Postal 478, Manaus, AM, Brazil, 69011-970
3-Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (Belém, Pará, Brazil), Caixa Postal 399, Belém, PA, Brazil, 66040-170
4-The Nature Conservancy (TNC), 4245 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington VA22203, USA & Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, USA
5-Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-3060 USA
6-Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10460 USA
Contact: Eduardo Venticinque - eduardo.venticinque@gmail.com; BruceForsberg - brforsberg@gmail.com; Armando Mercado - amercado@wcs.org
The synthetic work for this paper was supported by the Science for Nature and People (SNAP) project sponsored by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Nature Conservancy (TNC).