Table 1 Data labels and descriptions for the shapefiles.
Attribute | Description and values |
|---|---|
shape | Feature type of the lake object. |
lati | Latitude of the dam point in decimal degree (type: float) on datum World Geodetic System (WGS) 1984. |
longi | Longitude of the dam point in decimal degree (type: float) on WGS 1984. |
perimeter | Perimeter of the lake polygon in kilometer. |
poly_area | Area of the lake’s water surface in square kilometer. |
name | English name of the lake. Some lakes may have alias. |
country | The name of the country where the lake is located in. |
province | The name of the province where the lake is located in. |
lake_id | Identifies each lake with lake inventory dataset. |
reservoir | 1 represents that the lake is a reservoir; 0 represents that the lake is not a reservoir. |
notes | Statements for specific cases in English, e.g. two lakes merged to one single lake due to drastic expansions. |
