# Shape Resources **Table of Some Shape Resources** | Shapefile Collection | Shapefiles used in our analysis | ClearingHouse Annotations | Creation Date | version | source | Type | Attributes | Description | Comment | |----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Water Polygons | water_polygons.shp | No | 2022-12-07 | 2022-12-07T01:00:00Z | https://osmdata.openstreetmap.de/data/water-polygons.html | sea | None | Seems to be surprisingly reliable, with good coverage. | | | Land Polygons | land_polygons.shp | No | 2022-12-07 | 2022-12-07T01:00:00Z | https://osmdata.openstreetmap.de/data/land-polygons.html | terrestrial;land;freshwater | None | Seems to be surprisingly reliable, with good coverage. | | | Freshwater Ecoregions of the World(FEOW) Hydrosheds | feow_hydrosheds.shp | No | 2013-07-01 | 2013-07-01 | https://www.feow.org | land;freshwater | NAME;ID;Longitude;Latitude;min_X;min_Y;max_X;max_Y;area;MRGID | Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (FEOW) is a collaborative project providing the first global biogeographic regionalization of the Earth’s freshwater biodiversity, | Freshwater "regions", but does not mean that it is a freshwater sample, is a weak(but useful) piece of evidence, e.g. it is is probably not marine accept where close to the coost! | | Global Lakes and Wetlands Database | glwd_1.shp | No | 2004-07-01 | 2004-07-01 | https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/global-lakes-and-wetlands-database | freshwater | GLWD_ID;TYPE;LAKE_NAME;DAM_NAME;POLY_SRC;AREA_SKM;PERIM_KM;LONG_DEG;LAT_DEG;ELEV_M;CATCH_TSKM;INFLOW_CMS;VOLUME_CKM;VOL_SRC;COUNTRY;SEC_CNTRY;RIVER;NEAR_CITY;MGLD_TYPE;MGLD_AREA;LRS_AREA;LRS_AR_SRC;LRS_CATCH;DAM_HEIGHT;DAM_YEAR;USE_1;USE_2;USE_3 | | | | Global Lakes and Wetlands Database | glwd_2.shp | No | 2004-07-01 | 2004-07-01 | https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/global-lakes-and-wetlands-database | freshwater | GLWD_ID;TYPE;POLY_SRC;AREA_SKM;PERIM_KM;LONG_DEG;LAT_DEG | | | | WWF’s Global 200 | g200_terr.shp | No | 2004-07-01 | 2004-07-01 | https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/global-200 | terrestrial | G200_REGIO;G200_NUM;G200_BIOME | WWF’s Global 200 project analyzed global patterns of biodiversity to identify a set of the Earth's terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecoregions that harbour exceptional biodiversity and are representative of its ecosystems. | currently just using the freshwater | | WWF’s Global 200 | g200_marine.shp | No | 2004-07-01 | 2004-07-01 | https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/global-200 | marine | AREA;PERIMETER;G200_MAR_;G200_MAR_I;ECOREGION;ECO_CODE;G200_REGIO;FOCAL;G200_NUMBE;ERBC;G200_NUM;MHT_NUM | WWF’s Global 200 project analyzed global patterns of biodiversity to identify a set of the Earth's terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecoregions that harbour exceptional biodiversity and are representative of its ecosystems. | currently just using the freshwater | | WWF’s Global 200 | g200_fw.shp | No | 2004-07-01 | 2004-07-01 | https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/global-200 | freshwater | G200_REGIO;TRACK;G200_ID;MHT;MHT_ID | WWF’s Global 200 project analyzed global patterns of biodiversity to identify a set of the Earth's terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecoregions that harbour exceptional biodiversity and are representative of its ecosystems. | currently just using the freshwater | | Maritime Boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (200NM) | eez_v11.shp | Yes | 2019-11-18 | v11 | https://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php | sea | MRGID;GEONAME;MRGID_TER1;POL_TYPE;MRGID_SOV1;TERRITORY1;ISO_TER1;SOVEREIGN1;MRGID_TER2;MRGID_SOV2;TERRITORY2;ISO_TER2;SOVEREIGN2;MRGID_TER3;MRGID_SOV3;TERRITORY3;ISO_TER3;SOVEREIGN3;X_1;Y_1;MRGID_EEZ;AREA_KM2;ISO_SOV1;ISO_SOV2;ISO_SOV3;UN_SOV1;UN_SOV2;UN_SOV3;UN_TER1;UN_TER2;UN_TER3 | Flanders Marine Institute (2019). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Maritime Boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (200NM), version 11. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/. https://doi.org/10.14284/386 | Masses of information | | World_Seas_IHO | World_Seas_IHO_v3.shp | Yes | 2018 | V3 | https://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php | sea | NAME;ID;min_X;min_Y;max_X;max_Y;area;MRGID | Flanders Marine Institute (2018). IHO Sea Areas, version 3. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/. https://doi.org/10.14284/323 | | | Intersect_EEZ_IHO | Intersect_EEZ_IHO_v4_2020.zip | Yes | 2020-03-16 | v4_2020 | https://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php | sea | fid;MRGID;MARREGION;MRGID_IHO;IHO_SEA;MRGID_EEZ;EEZ;MRGID_TER1;TERRITORY1;ISO_TER1;UN_TER1;MRGID_SOV1;SOVEREIGN1;ISO_SOV1;UN_SOV1;MRGID_TER2;TERRITORY2;ISO_TER2;UN_TER2;MRGID_SOV2;SOVEREIGN2;ISO_SOV2;UN_SOV2;MRGID_TER3;TERRITORY3;ISO_TER3;UN_TER3;MRGID_SOV3;SOVEREIGN3;ISO_SOV3;UN_SOV3;AREA_KM2;X_1;Y_1 | The IHO polygon layer has a low resolution, but the EEZ polygon layer has a high resolution coastline (GSHHS). The intersect of the two layers required using many GIS tools, and in some cases reverting to a lower resolution coastline. | | | Longhurst | Longhurst_v4_2010.zip | No | 2010-03-10 | v4_2020 | https://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php | sea;costal | ProvCode;ProvDescr | Citation: Flanders Marine Institute (2009). Longhurst Provinces. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/. Consulted on 2023-03-06. - Unknown resolution, but likely coarse | see https://rstudio-pubs-static.s3.amazonaws.com/542604_2e7b2356b6694332809ecad67c376c97.html#lakes-and-rivers-naturalearth | | Natural Earth | ne_10m_lakes.shp;ne_10m_rivers_australia.shp; ne_10m_rivers_europe.shp;ne_10m_rivers_lake_centerlines.shp; ne_10m_rivers_north_america.shp;ne_50m_lakes.shp; ne_50m_rivers_lake_centerlines.shp | No | 2012 | 2.0 | https://www.naturalearthdata.com/features/ | river;lake;canal | e.g. scalerank;featurecla;name;name_alt;note;admin;namepar;min_zoom;min_label;name_abb;label;wikidataid;name_ar;name_bn;name_de;name_en;name_es;name_fr;name_el;name_hi;name_hu;name_id;name_it;name_ja;name_ko;name_nl;name_pl;name_pt;name_ru;name_sv;name_tr;name_vi;name_zh;ne_id;name_fa;name_he;name_uk;name_ur;name_zht | | | | World Bank-approved administrative boundaries | world-administrative-boundaries.shp | 2020-03-19 | 2020-03-19 | https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/dataset/0038272 | terrestrial;land;freshwater;political | iso3;status;color_code;name;continent;region;iso_3166_1_;french_shor |