Table 1 Number of HydroLAKES polygons matched with HydroBASINS polygons by Pfafstetter level.

From: The global lake area, climate, and population dataset

HydroBASIN Pfafstetter level

Number of lakes

Percent of valid lakes

Median basin size (km2)

2

2595

0.18%

2198593

3

6650

0.46%

548263

4

8912

0.62%

225882

5

15948

1.12%

58705

6

23262

1.63%

16967

7

41001

2.88%

5042

8

55107

3.87%

1632

9

55061

3.87%

518

10

9747

0.69%

353

11

196

0.01%

333

12

1204020

84.64%

156