Dataset of Georeferenced Dams in South America (DDSA)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!!! There is a new version of the DDSA database (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4285030) Updated version 1.0.1: We present version 1.0.1 to the DDSA database, the improvements made to version 1.0.0 are described below: New hydrological information attributes have been included: Aridity index Residence time Degree of regulation. A shapefile of watersheds for each dam has been included. Supplementary table 1: Future Dams in South America has been included Recommended citation Article citation will be added once the article is available. Use of the dataset Before using the dataset, please notify us (be.paredes@alumnos.upm.es; be.paredes@uta.edu.ec) if you use the dataset so that we can keep track of how it is used and take that into consideration when updating and improving the dataset. When using this dataset or one of its updates, please cite the DOI of the precise version of the dataset used and also the data description article which this dataset is supplement to (see above). Please consider also citing the relevant original sources when using this dataset. Description This dataset contains a consistent database of georeferenced dams located in South America: Dataset of georeferenced dams in South America DDSA. It contains 1,010 entries of dams with a combined reservoir volume of 1,017 cubic kilometres and it is presented in form of a list describing a total of 24 attributes that include the dams name, characteristics, purposes and georeferenced location. Also, hydrological and additional information on the dams catchments is also included: catchment area, mean precipitation, mean near-surface temperature and mean potential evapotranspiration from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU TS 4.03) time-series dataset, mean runoff from the University of New Hampshire Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) composite runoff field, population data from the Global Rural-urban Mapping Project (GRUMP) and irrigation area from the Global Map of Irrigated Area dataset. Content The files included in the Dataset of georeferenced dams in South America DDSA are: 1. Dam Information 2.1. Dam Hydrological Information - Catchment Area 2.2. Dam Hydrological Information - Catchment Mean Monthly Near Surface Temperature 2.3. Dam Hydrological Information - Catchment Mean Monthly Precipitation 2.4. Dam Hydrological Information - Catchment Mean Monthly Potential Evapotranspiration 2.5. Dam Hydrological Information - Catchment Mean Monthly Runoff 3.1. Dam Additional Information - Catchment Population 3.2. Dam Additional Information - Catchment Eqquiped Area for Irrigation 4. Dataset Attribute Description 5. Dataset Data Source Dataset in KMZ format Dataset in SHAPEFILE forma