TFDD Query Results

Query Results for Great Scarcies Basin	New map query
The tables below contain data for the entire basin of interest. On the map, each basin is divided into "basin-country" polygons, with each polygon being represented by a single row in the tables below. A highlighted row indicates the specific basin-country polygon that you clicked on the map.

Climate

This table contains data for all of the Climate Zone Subtypes found within:
Basin: Great Scarcies
Country: Guinea

Climate Zone Type Code	Climate Zone Type	Climate Zone Subtype Code	Climate Zone Subtype	Area of Subtype in Country (sq km)	Percent of Country in Subtype
A	Tropical	Am	Tropical monsoon climate, short dry season, average temp > 18 C	2,000	33.33
A	Tropical	Aw	Tropical climate, distinct dry season, one month with < 60 mm ppt, average temp > 18 C	4,000	66.67
A	Tropical	Awi	Tropical isothermal climate, distinct dry season, one month with < 60 mm ppt, average temp > 18 C	0	0

Citations:

FAO-SDRN Agrometeorology Group (1997). FAO's Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN) global climate maps series, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization SDRN Agrometeorology Group. http://www.fao.org/sd/eidirect/CLIMATE/EIsp0001.htm

Dams

Basin Name	Country	Code	Area (sq km)	Number of Dams	Dam Density (dams/sq km)
Great Scarcies	Guinea	GSCR_GIN	8,993	0	0
Great Scarcies	Sierra Leone	GSCR_SLE	3,042	0	0

Basin-wide:

12,035

Citations:

World Water Development Report II. Data Download page at http://wwdrii.sr.unh.edu/download.html

ICOLD. 1984, 1988. World Register of Dams. 1984 full edition and 1988 updating. International Commission on Large Dams, Paris.

International Water Power and Dam Construction. 1994. Handbook. Reed Business Publishing. Sutton, Surrey, U.K. 224 p.

International Water Power and Dam Construction. 1989. The World's Major Dams and Hydro Plants. Global map. Reed Business Publishing, Sutton, Surrey.

Vörösmarty, C. J., K. P. Sharma, B. M. Fekete, A. H. Copeland, J. Holden, J. Marble and J. A. Lough. The Storage and aging of continental runoff in large reservoir systems of the world, AMBIO, 26 (4): 210-219.

Vörösmarty, C.J., M. Meybeck, B. Fekete, K. Sharma, P. Green, and J. Syvitski. 2003. Anthropogenic sediment retention: Major global-scale impact from the population of registered impoundments. Global and Planetary Change 39: 169-190.

Discharge

Basin Name	Country	Code	Area (sq km)	Discharge (cubic km/yr)
Great Scarcies	Guinea	GSCR_GIN	8,993	30
Great Scarcies	Sierra Leone	GSCR_SLE	3,042	10

Basin-wide:

12,035

Citations:

Discharge calculated by TFDD staff using data from:

Fekete, B., C.J. Vorosmarty, and W. Grabs (2000). UNH/GRDC Composite Runoff Fields V 1.0. Available at http://www.grdc.sr.unh.edu

Irrigation

Basin Name	Country	Code	Area (sq km)	Irrigated Area (sq km)	Percent Irrigated
Great Scarcies	Guinea	GSCR_GIN	8,993	90	1.00
Great Scarcies	Sierra Leone	GSCR_SLE	3,042	0	0.00

Basin-wide:

12,035

0.75

Citations:

Döll, P., Siebert, S.(1999): A digital global map of irrigated areas. Kassel World Water Series 1, Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, Germany, 23 pp + Appendix. Available at http://wwdrii.sr.unh.edu/download.html

Landcover

This table contains data for all of the Landcover Types found within:
Basin: Great Scarcies
Country: Guinea

Landcover Type	Area of Landcover Type in Country (sq km)	Percent of Country in Landcover Type
Cropland/Woodland Mosaic	1,655	18.47
Grassland	10	0.11
Savanna	2,705	30.19
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest	5	0.06
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest	4,495	50.17
Wooded Wetland	85	0.95

Citations:

USGS-EROS Global 1km Grid GLOBAL LAND COVER CHARACTERISTICS DATA BASE (AVHRR 1km data from April 1992-March 1993). Available at http://edc2.usgs.gov/1KM

Population

Basin Name	Country	Code	Area (sq km)	Population	Population Density (persons/sq km)
Great Scarcies	Guinea	GSCR_GIN	8,993	484,700	53.90
Great Scarcies	Sierra Leone	GSCR_SLE	3,042	313,600	103.09

Basin-wide:

12,035

798,300

66.33

Citations:

Oak Ridge National Labrotory (2008). LANDSCAN 2007 Global Population Dataset. Available at http://www.ornl.gov/sci/landscan

Projects

Basin Name	Country	Code	Area (sq km)	Number of Projects
Great Scarcies	Guinea	GSCR_GIN	8,993	0
Great Scarcies	Sierra Leone	GSCR_SLE	3,042	0

Basin-wide:

12,035

Citations:

Values calculated by TFDD staff.

RBOs

Basin Name	Country	Code	Area (sq km)	Number of RBOs
Great Scarcies	Guinea	GSCR_GIN	8,993	0
Great Scarcies	Sierra Leone	GSCR_SLE	3,042	0

Basin-wide:

12,035

Citations:

Values calculated by TFDD staff.

Runoff

Basin Name	Country	Code	Area (sq km)	Runoff (mm/yr)
Great Scarcies	Guinea	GSCR_GIN	8,993	3,730
Great Scarcies	Sierra Leone	GSCR_SLE	3,042	1,810

Basin-wide:

12,035

5,540

Citations:

Fekete, B.,C.J. Vorosmarty , and W. Grabs (2000). UNH/GRDC Composite Runoff Fields V 1.0. Available at http://www.grdc.sr.unh.edu

Tenders

Basin Name	Country	Code	Area (sq km)	Number of Tenders
Great Scarcies	Guinea	GSCR_GIN	8,993	0
Great Scarcies	Sierra Leone	GSCR_SLE	3,042	0

Basin-wide:

12,035

Citations:

Values calculated by TFDD staff.

Treaties

Basin Name	Country	Code	Area (sq km)	Number of Treaties
Great Scarcies	Guinea	GSCR_GIN	8,993	0
Great Scarcies	Sierra Leone	GSCR_SLE	3,042	0

Basin-wide:

12,035

Citations:

Values calculated by TFDD staff.

Water Stress

Basin Name	Country	Code	Area (sq km)	Water Stress (cubic m/person/yr)
Great Scarcies	Guinea	GSCR_GIN	8,993	70
Great Scarcies	Sierra Leone	GSCR_SLE	3,042	20

Citations:

Runoff-Fekete, B.,C.J. Vorosmarty , and W. Grabs (2000). UNH/GRDC Composite Runoff Fields V 1.0. Available at http://www.grdc.sr.unh.edu

Oak Ridge National Labrotory (2008). LANDSCAN 2007 Global Population Dataset. Available at http://www.ornl.gov/sci/landscan

Discharge calculated by TFDD staff.

Basin delineation: Wolf, A.T., Natharius, J.A., et al. (1999)
Data taken from global datasets and are for comparative purposes only.
Data are not accurate for individual basins less than 25,000 sq. km.