4.20 FRESHWATER FISH DIVERSITY - RIVERS

Data ID

Description:

Diversity of freshwater fish in Namibia's rivers

Chapter:

4 Living Resources

File name:

Freshwater fish diversity rivers

File type:

ArcView shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

freshwater

fish

diversity

rivers

Notes on data, analysis and

Data on fish diversity provided by Clinton Hay of Hardap Freshwater Fish Institute, supplemented by data from Mendelsohn, J.M., el Obeid, S. and Roberts, C.S. 2000. A profile of north-central Namibia. Gamsberg MacMillan, Windhoek. Rivers map is described in metadata for Fig 2.22.

compilation:

for Fig 2.22.

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

Rivers mapped at 1:1000 000 scale

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

WETLAND

Name of river or wetland

NO_SPECIES

Number of species

NO_ENDEMIC

Number of endemic species

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

Hardap Freshwater Fish Institute, MRMR

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted