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Title: Mangroves on the Eastern Coast of Kenya, 2006 (Lines)

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Dates

  • Issued: 2006
  • Coverage: 2006

Publishers

  • World Resources Institute

Summary

This line shapefile represents mangroves on the eastern coast of Kenya. This data was used in Map 6.4 and Map 6.5 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Danmarks og Grønlands geologiske undersøgelse and United Nations Development Programme, Kenya. (2006). Mangroves on the Eastern Coast of Kenya, 2006 (Lines). World Resources Institute. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/sw115tp5754 The full report is available at http://www.geus.dk/program-areas/nature-environment/international/reports/kensea/kensea_rapport.pdf. Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, WRI, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. WRI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

Subjects

  • Environment
  • Kenya
  • Mangrove swamps
  • Imagery and Base Maps
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (39.227341, 41.508947, -1.735552, -4.670365)
  • Geometry: BBOX (39.227341, 41.508947, -1.735552, -4.670365)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Danmarks og Grønlands geologiske undersøgelse, United Nations Development Programme (Kenya). Mangroves on the Eastern Coast of Kenya, 2006 (Lines). World Resources Institute. Line data. https://purl.stanford.edu/sw115tp5754

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English