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  1. Title: Ocean Features - Points (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This point layer contains ocean features such as reefs, rocks, lighthouses, beacons and harbors for the waters off China.

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  2. Title: Administrative Boundaries and Coastlines (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This line layer describes national, provincial, county and district boundary lines along with ocean (coastline) boundary lines.

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  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.

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  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.

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  5. 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.

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  6. 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.

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  7. 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.

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  8. 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.

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  9. 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.

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  10. 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.

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  11. 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.

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  12. Title: Natural Reserve Area Boundaries (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This polyline layer describes nature reserve boundaries throughout China.

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  13. 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.

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  14. 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.

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  15. 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.

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  16. 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.

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  17. 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.

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  18. 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.

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  19. 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.

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  20. Title: Land Cover Areas (Digital Map Database of China)

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    Summary: This layer is a vector-based land cover display of 19 classes of geomorphic landforms, surface features and soil types. The layer describes land cover and landscape feature areas (sand, gravel, bog, beach, dune, marsh, snow field, salt pan, yardang, etc..) throughout China.

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