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  1. Title: Populated Place Areas (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: Polygon coverage of urban areas in China with populations greater than 500,000.

  2. Title: Flood Relief Areas (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This theme is a comprehensive vector basemap of the flood relief areas associated with large urbanizations throughout China.

  3. Title: Hydrographic Features - Points (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This layer contains hydrographic point features, such as wells, springs and areas of water bodies whose areas are less than 1.5 square millimeters on the source map.

  4. Title: Vegetation Features - Points (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This coverage contains vegetation features throughout China, represented by points. Vegetation polygons less than 1.5 square millimeters on the source map are represented as points. These features include mangrove forests, economically exploited forests (bamboo, coffee, etc.), shrub and grassland areas. Not all vegetation types found in China are represented in this coverage.

  5. Title: County Administrative Boundaries (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This layer contains administrative boundaries (described to the county level) and islands of China.

  6. Title: Offshore Bathymetry (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This feature class contains bathymetric contour lines for offshore and ocean areas. The contour intervals are irregular.

  7. Title: Cultural Features - Dikes, Dams, Great Wall (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This point and line layer describes man-made cultural features, specifically dikes, dams and the Great Wall of China.

  8. Title: Ocean Features, Navigation Lines (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This line coverage contains coral reef and navigation line ocean features for the national and international waters of China. Lines represent actual shipping lanes or serve as representative paths in open water where no defined shipping lanes exist.

  9. Title: Hydrographic Feature Areas (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: Polygon coverage which displays the area of a variety of hydrographic features including double line rivers, lakes, reservoirs, glaciers and islands of China. Shorelines and coastlines are also included.

  10. Title: Hydrographic Feature Outlines (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: Line coverage which displays the outline of a variety of hydrographic features including double and single line rivers, lakes, reservoirs, streams, glaciers, canals and irrigation ditches. Shorelines and coastlines are also included.

  11. Title: Landscape Features - Points (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This coverage contains physiographic features represented by points. Features included are mountain passes, sink holes and craters.

  12. Title: Cultural Features - Points (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This point layer describes man-made cultural features, specifically towers, temples and other cultural relics throughout China.

  13. Title: Railroads (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This layer describes railway routes and railway bridges throughout China represented by lines and annotation.

  14. Title: Provincial Administrative Boundaries (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This polygon layer contains administrative regions, described at the provincial level, and islands of China.

  15. Title: Roads & Transportation Routes (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: The Roads and Transportation layer describes roads and other related features within China represented by lines and annotation. Super highways, main and secondary roads, trails, horse-cart roads, bridges and roads under construction are included.

  16. Title: Administrative Boundaries (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: Polygon coverage of administrative boundaries of China which includes region codes, national and international boundaries and divisions, islands and ocean areas.

  17. Title: Vegetation Areas (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This polygon coverage includes general classes of vegetation features found throughout China. These features include mangrove forests, economically exploited forests (bamboo, coffee, etc.), shrub and grassland areas. Not all vegetation types found in China are represented in this coverage.

  18. Title: Hypsography - Elevation Points (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: Point layer which depicts elevation points in meters above sea level and degenerate contours throughout China. Polygons less than 1.5 square millimeters in circumference on the source map are represented as points.

  19. Title: Populated Places (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This data set includes cities, towns, village and other populated places, displayed as points, throughout China. Locations are classified by population level and administrative categories.

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