This polygon shapefile represents bodies of water in North America. Data includes the type of water area, the name of the body of water, and location by country. This layer is from Winter Quarter 2016. This layer is intended to assist users in locating and analyzing water data in the United States and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. Hart Energy Publishing.(2016). Bodies of Water, North America, Winter 2016. Hart Energy Publishing. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/dr797mk6867 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.