Deltas at Risk

Profiling Risk and Sustainability in Coastal Deltas of the World

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A full description of the data and methods is provided in the Supplementary Information available on the Science website.

Delta risk indices and underlying indicator data

NameCSVExcel
All Indices
Anthropogenic Conditioning Index (ACI) indicators
Hazardous Event Index (HEI) indicators
Investment Deficit Index (IDI) indicators
Delta IDs

Global Delta Maps

Data is in an equirectangular (latitude-longitude) projection using the WGS84 coordinate system.

ResolutionASCIIGeoTIFFShapefile
ZIP TAR.GZ ZIP TAR.GZ ZIP TAR.GZ
Global - 30 arc-sec
Global - 2.5 arc-min

Individual Delta Extent Maps

Data is in an equirectangular (latitude-longitude) projection using the WGS84 coordinate system. Raster formats (ASCII, GeoTiff) are at 250m nominal resolution. Population density in PNG maps is from GRUMPv1 circa 2000.

DeltaPNGASCIIGeoTIFFShapefile
ZIP TAR.GZ ZIP TAR.GZ ZIP TAR.GZ
All
Amazon
Amur
Brahmani
Burdekin
Chao Phraya
Colorado
Congo
Danube
Dnieper
Ebro
Fly
Ganges
Godavari
Grijalva
Han
Hong
Indus
Irrawaddy
Krishna
Lena
Limpopo
Mackenzie
Magdalena
Mahakam
Mahanadi
Mekong
Mississippi
Moulouya
Niger
Nile
Orinoco
Parana
Pearl
Po
Rhine
Rhone
Rio Grande
Sao Francisco
Sebou
Senegal
Shatt-el-Arab
Tana
Tone
Vistula
Volta
Yangtze
Yellow
Yukon

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