Open AccessEnvironmental Science

High‐resolution mapping of the world's reservoirs and dams for sustainable river‐flow management

B. Lehner, C. R. Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vörösmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Döll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, James C. Robertson, R. Rödel, Nikolai Sindorf, D. Wisser

2011.11.1FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

DOI: 10.1890/100125

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Study maps world's reservoirs and dams for sustainable river-flow management despite incomplete global datasets.

Abstract

Despite the recognized importance of reservoirs and dams, global datasets describing their characteristics and geographical distribution are largely incomplete. To enable advanced assessments of th ...

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LEHNER, B., et al. High‐resolution mapping of the world's reservoirs and dams for sustainable river‐flow management. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 2011, 9: 494–502.