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Watersheds of the World_CD

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Map 01
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Map shows 114 major watersheds of the world. Includes world's largest transboundary watersheds and other small basins representative of a particular geographic region.

Map 02
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Map presents fish species richness by basin for selected major watersheds of the world.

Map 03
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Map presents fish species richness by basin for selected major watersheds of the world.

Map 04
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Map shows the number of EBAs by major basin.

Map 05
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Map indicates the percentage of the basin defined as wetland according to UNEP-WCMC's Biodiversity Map Library.

Map 06
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Map presents the distribution of watersheds containing intensive agriculture as well as areas with a large extent of cropland mixed with natural vegetation mosaic.

Map 07
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Map shows the percentage of each basin that is covered by grassland,shrubland,or savanna.

Map 08
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Map shows the percentage of each watershed that is covered by forests.

Map 09
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Map shows the percentage of original forest cover remaining in each basin.

Map 10
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Map shows the percentage of the basin area that is classified as dryland according to the UNCCD definition.

Map 11
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Map shows that highly urbanized watersheds are concentrated in basins along the east coast and center of the United States,Western Europe,and Central America with lesser concentrations in China,India,Eastern Europe,Western United States,and the Persian Gu

Map 12
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Map shows the percentage of the basin area occupied by nationally protected areas that fall within IUCN's Management Categories I-V as of 1996.

Map 13
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Shows the population density by basin expressed as people per square kilometer.

Map 14
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Map portrays an indicator of the extent to which dams and canals have fragmented river basins and how water withdrawals have altered river flows.

Map 15
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Maps show water supply per person for individual river basins as of 1995 and projections for 2025.

Map 16
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Map provides a first global picture of environmental water scarcity by basin based purely on a hydrological model.

Map 17
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Map shows large dams under construction by basin

Map 18
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Map shows the number of Wetlands of International Importance,or Ramsar sites,by basin.

Map 19
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Map 19a presents the calorie supply per person by country for 1995. Map 19b indicates the trade in cereals as a percentage of total consumption by country.untry for 1995. Map 19c indicates the corresponding virtual water flows in terms of cereal trade.

Map 20
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Map shows the locations where IUCN-The World Conservation Union and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI)are leading basin-level projects under three initiatives.

Map A01
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Watersheds of Africa: Lake Chad

Map A02
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Watersheds of Africa: Lake Chad -- Chari

Map A03
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Watersheds of Africa: Congo

Map A04
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Watersheds of Africa: Congo -- Kasai

Map A05
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Watersheds of Africa: Congo --Sangha

Map A06
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Watersheds of Africa: Congo --Lake Tanganyika

Map A07
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Watersheds of Africa: Congo --Ubangi

Map A08
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Watersheds of Africa: Cuanza

Map A09
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Watersheds of Africa: Cunene

Map A10
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Watersheds of Africa: Jubba

Map A11
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Watersheds of Africa: Limpopo

Map A12
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Watersheds of Africa: Mangoky

Map A13
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Watersheds of Africa: Mania

Map A14
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Watersheds of Africa: Niger

Map A15
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Watersheds of Africa: Nile

Map A16
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Watersheds of Africa: Nile -- Lake Victoria

Map A17
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Watersheds of Africa: Ogooué

Map A18
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Watersheds of Africa: Ogooué

Map A19
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Watersheds of Africa: Okavango -- Cubango

Map A20
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Watersheds of Africa: Orange

Map A21
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Watersheds of Africa: Oued Draa

Map A22
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Watersheds of Africa: Rufiji

Map A23
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Watersheds of Africa: Senegal

Map A24
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Watersheds of Africa: Shaballe

Map A25
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Watersheds of Africa: Turkana

Map A26
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Watersheds of Africa: Volta

Map A27
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Watersheds of Africa:Zambezi

Map AS01
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Amu Darya

Map AS02
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Amur

Map AS02
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Amur -- Songhua Yiang

Map AS03
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Lake Balkhash

Map AS04
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Brahmaputra

Map AS05
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Chao Phraya

Map AS06
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Ganges

Map AS07
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Godavari

Map AS08
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Hong

Map AS09
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Huang He (Yellow River)

Map AS10
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Indigirka

Map AS11
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Indus

Map AS12
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Irrawaddy

Map AS13
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Kapus

Map AS14
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Kolyma

Map AS15
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Krishna

Map AS16
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Lena

Map AS16
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Lena -- Viljuj

Map AS17
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Mahakam

Map AS 18
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Mahanadi

Map AS 19
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania:Mekong

Map AS 20
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Narmada

Map AS 21
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Ob

Map AS 21
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Ob -- Irtysh

Map AS 22
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Pechora

Map AS 23
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Salween

Map AS 24
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Syr Darya

Map AS 25
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Tapti

Map AS 26
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Tarim

Map AS 27
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Xun Jiang

Map AS 28
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Yalu Jiang

Map As 29
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Yangtze

Map AS 30
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Yenisey

Map AS 31
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Yenisey subbasin: Lake Baikal

Map OC01
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Burdekin-Belyando

Map OC02
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Dawson

Map OC03
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Fly

Map OC04
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Murray-Darling

Map OC05
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Watersheds of Asia and Oceania: Sepik

Map E01
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Watersheds of Europe: Dalälven

Map E02
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Watersheds of Europe: Danube

Map E03
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Watersheds of Europe: West Dvina (Daugava)

Map E04
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Watersheds of Europe:Dnieper

Map E04
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Watersheds of Europe: Dnieper -- Desna

Map E05
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Watersheds of Europe: Dniester (Nistru)

Map E06
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Watersheds of Europe: Don

Map E07
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Watersheds of Europe: Duero

Map E08
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Watersheds of Europe:Ebro

Map E09
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Watersheds of Europe: Elbe

Map E10
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Watersheds of Europe: Garonne

Map E11
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Watersheds of Europe: Glomma-Laagen

Map E12
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Watersheds of Europe: Guadalquivir

Map E13
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Watersheds of Europe: Kemijoki

Map E14
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Watersheds of Europe: Kizilirmak

Map E15
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Watersheds of Europe: Kura-Araks

Map E16
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Watersheds of Europe: Lake Ladoga

Map E17
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Watersheds of Europe: Loire

Map E18
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Watersheds of Europe: North Dvina

Map E18
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Watersheds of Europe: North Dvina subbasin: Sukhona

Map E18
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Watersheds of Europe: North Dvina subbasin: Vychegda

Map E19
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Watersheds of Europe: Oder

Map E20
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Watersheds of Europe: Po

Map E21
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Watersheds of Europe: Rhine-Maas

Map E22
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Watersheds of Europe: Rhone

Map E23
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Watersheds of Europe: Seine

Map E24
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Watersheds of Europe: Tagus

Map E25
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Watersheds of Europe: Tigris and Euphrates

Map E26
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Watersheds of Europe: Ural

Map E27
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Watersheds of Europe: Vistula

Map E28
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Watersheds of Europe: Volga

Map E28
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Watersheds of Europe: Volga subbasin: Kama

Map E28
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Watersheds of Europe: Volga subbasin: Oka

Map E29
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Watersheds of Europe: Weser

Map NA01
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Alabama-Tombigbee

Map NA02
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Balsas

Map NA03
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Brazos

Map NA04
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Colorado

Map NA05
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Columbia

Map NA06
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Fraser

Map NA06
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Fraser -- Nechako

Map NA07
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Hudson

Map NA08
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Watersheds of North and Central America: MacKenzie

Map NA08
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Watersheds of North and Central America: MacKenzie -- Great Bear

Map NA08
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Watersheds of North and Central America: MacKenzie -- Great Slave Lake

Map NA09
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Mississippi

Map NA09
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Mississippi subbasin: Arkansas

Map NA09
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Mississippi subbasin: Missouri

Map NA09
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Mississippi subbasin: Ohio

Map NA09
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Mississippi subbasin: Red

Map NA10
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Nelson

Map NA10
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Nelson -- Saskatchewan

Map NA11
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Nelson -- Rio Grande

Map NA12
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Rio Grande de Santiago

Map NA13
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Sacramento

Map NA14
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Saint Lawrence

Map NA14
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Saint Lawrence -- Lakes Huron and Erie

Map NA14
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Saint Lawrence -- Lake Michigan

Map NA14
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Saint Lawrence -- Lake Ontario

Map NA14
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Saint Lawrence -- Lake Superior

Map NA15
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Watersheds of North and Central America: San Pedro and Usumacinta

Map NA16
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Susquehanna

Map NA17
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Thelon

Map NA18
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Yaqui

Map NA19
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Watersheds of North and Central America: Yukon

Map SA01
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Watersheds of South America: Amazon

Map SA01
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Watersheds of South America: Ica-Putumayo

Map SA01
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Watersheds of South America: Japura

Map SA01
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Watersheds of South America: Jurua

Map SA01
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Watersheds of South America: Madeira

Map SA01
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Watersheds of South America: Maranon

Map SA01
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Watersheds of South America: Negro

Map SA01
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Watersheds of South America: Purus

Map SA01
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Watersheds of South America: Tapajos

Map SA01
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Watersheds of South America: Ucayali

Map SA01
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Watersheds of South America: Xingu

Map SA02
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Watersheds of South America: Chubut

Map SA03
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Watersheds of South America: Magdalena

Map SA04
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Watersheds of South America: Orinoco

Map SA05
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Watersheds of South America: Parana

Map SA05
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Watersheds of South America: Parana -- Paraguay

Map SA06
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Watersheds of South America: Parnaiba

Map SA07
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Watersheds of South America: Rio Colorado

Map SA08
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Watersheds of South America: Sao Francisco

Map SA09
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Watersheds of South America: Lake Titicaca and Salar de Uyuni

Map SA10
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Watersheds of South America: Tocantins

Map SA11
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Watersheds of South America: Uruguay

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