Title
Mangroves and Lagoon location along the coast
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Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP) which is updated from time to time in order to make it current and purposeful. As part of the process to update the Environmental Sensitivity Atlas, these Mangroove and Lagoons were identified and mapped. These data were collected in 2014 by a survey Team from the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Vector Data
Keywords
shoreline , Mangrooves , Lagoons
Category
Environment
environmental resources, protection and conservation. Examples: environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape
Regions
Ghana
Owner
More info
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Purpose

These datasets which were collected between December 2014 and January 2015 was to be used to update the old Environmental Sensitivity Atlas in the NOSCP.<...

Language
English
Supplemental Information

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Spatial Representation Type
vector data is used to represent geographic data
Attribute Name Label Description Range Average Median Standard Deviation
Coordinates Coordinates Coordinates NA -0.56 -0.14 1.31
Coordinates Coordinates Coordinates NA 5.50 5.57 0.27
Mangrooves and Lagoons Mangrooves and Lagoons Features identified NA
Town/Community Town/Community Towns were the feature was identified NA
Coastal Region of Ghana Coastal Region of Ghana Region of Ghana NA

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