This dataset provides polygon coverage of the basins in the
Great Lakes tributary watersheds of New York state, except for the
Genesee, Black, Salmon, and Oswego Rivers.
Purpose
For use in performing any analysis requiring stream reach basins
in the Great Lakes basins of New York state.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
199401
Bounding Box
West
-79.763357
East
-75.667464
North
44.261713
South
42.161879
Theme Keyword
basins, stream reach, drainage basins, Great Lakes
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
ISO Topic Category
inlandWaters
environment
Theme Keyword
Hydrography
Rivers
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Theme Keyword
inland waters
environment
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
CUGIR Category
Place Keyword
Great Lakes
New York
New York (State)
Great Lakes (North America)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
Proper credit should be acknowledged for the use of this dataset.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Cornell University
Delivery Point
104 Rice Hall
Delivery Point
Department of Natural Resources
Delivery Point
Cornell University
City
Ithaca
State
NY
Postal Code
14853
Country
U.S.A.
Contact Telephone
(607) 255-2038
Contact Facsimile Telephone
(607) 255-0238
Contact Electronic Mail Address
msm10@cornell.edu
Data Quality Information
Logical Consistency Report
unknown
Completeness Report
unknown
Lineage
Source
Originator
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Date
199401
Title
Reach File Version 3.0 Alpha Release
Edition
First Edition
Online Linkage
http://www.epa.gov/waters/doc/techref.html
Type of Source Media
unknown
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
199401
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
spatial and attribute information
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Polygon
Point and Vector Object Count
4493
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Grid Coordinate System
Grid Coordinate System Name
Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal Transverse Mercator
UTM Zone Number
18
Transverse Mercator
Scale Factor at Central Meridian
0.999600
Longitude of Central Meridian
-75.000000
Latitude of Projection Origin
0.000000
False Easting
500000.000000
False Northing
0.000000
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
coordinate pair
Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution
0.000512
Ordinate Resolution
0.000512
Planar Distance Units
meters
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name
Geodetic Reference System 1980
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257222
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
glbas
Entity Type Definition
Stream basin
Entity Type Definition Source
Attributes
AREA
Area of the polygon, in square meters (0 to unbounded)
Definition Source
PERIMETER
Perimeter of the polygon, in meters (0 to unbounded)
Definition Source
RF3RCHID
Code from the EPA River Reach file version 3 indicating the
stream reach this basin is associated with (String)