SLIDE 2 Motivation and Overview of GDBD Motivation and Overview of GDBD
- In the 21st century, human well
In the 21st century, human well-
- being will be locally and globally
being will be locally and globally affected by various water affected by various water-
related issues.
- freshwater scarcity and pollution, floods, disturbance of bioge
freshwater scarcity and pollution, floods, disturbance of biogeochemical
cycles, conflicts in international river basins and so on cycles, conflicts in international river basins and so on… …. .
- For understanding and addressing these issues, baseline data is
For understanding and addressing these issues, baseline data is prerequisite. prerequisite.
So we have developed Global Drainage Basin Database (GDBD) Global Drainage Basin Database (GDBD). .
Consists of 6 GIS data
Basin boundary data data
Stream network data data
Discharge station data data
Natural lake data data
Dam lake data data
Flow direction data data
Gives us
- hydrological flows of land surface
hydrological flows of land surface
appropriate spatial unit
for analysis, assessment and management analysis, assessment and management
- Geographic, topographic, and social information
Geographic, topographic, and social information