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GRDC: Global Runoff Data Centre
The Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC), operated by the German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), maintains... -
CHIRPS: Climate Hazards InfraRed Precipitation with Station Data
CHIRPS is a quasi-global rainfall dataset spanning from 1981 to the present, covering 50°S to 50°N at 0.05° (~5 km) spatial resolution. Produced by the Climate Hazards Center at... -
HydroATLAS: Global Hydro-Environmental Sub-Basin & River Reach Data
HydroATLAS is a global compendium of hydro-environmental attributes for all sub-basins and river reaches worldwide, providing 56 hydro-environmental variables organised in 281... -
SASS5 Rapid Bioassessment Method for Rivers
The South African Scoring System version 5 (SASS5) is the standardised national protocol for rapid biological assessment of river health using aquatic macroinvertebrates as... -
Water Resources of South Africa 2012 Study (WR2012)
The most comprehensive water resources assessment for South Africa, commissioned by the Water Research Commission (WRC). WR2012 covers 1,995 quaternary catchments with patched... -
River EcoClassification Manual for EcoStatus Determination
The DWS River EcoClassification system provides a standardised framework for determining the Present Ecological State (PES) and Ecological Importance & Sensitivity (EIS) of... -
Building Block Methodology (BBM) for Environmental Flow Assessment
The Building Block Methodology is a holistic environmental flow assessment method developed in South Africa that decomposes the natural flow regime into ecologically meaningful... -
DWS Hydrological Services & National Gauging Station Network
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) Hydrology directorate operates approximately 3,000 flow gauging stations across South Africa. Provides daily discharge data, water...