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WRPAs are areas "where special measures are necessary for the protection of a catchment,
sub-catchment or geographic location"
sub-catchment or geographic location"
Overview
Between 2017 and 2019, a national assessment was conducted with the goal to develop a methodology and analytical framework to characterize each sub-catchment and river reach of Zambia for their importance regarding the three criteria defined for the nomination of Water Resource Protection Areas, to rank them, and to prioritize WRPA candidate sites. The input data and resulting map layers that have been used or created during the national WRPA assessment are available in standard Geographic Information System (GIS) format and can be downloaded below. The methods and results of the national WRPA assessment itself will soon be released in a final report.
Technical documentation and data download
Please consult the Technical Documentation of the WRPA-Zambia GIS database (version 1.0) for more details on the structure, format and content of the available data.
The WRPA-Zambia GIS database can be downloaded in either Geodatabase or Shapefile format (just press one of the two buttons below). Each database package includes a copy of the Technical Documentation.
Additional GIS files and maps for presentation purposes
For ArcGIS users, we prepared the WRPA-Zambia database in Geodatabase format including .mxd project files which contain all final maps (to download the entire data package just press the button below). Note that the project files require ArcGIS version 10.0 or higher to open.
For non-GIS users, we prepared a PowerPoint file which contains all resulting maps as slides in high resolution (for download just press the button below).