The GRDC catalogue
data("GRDCcatalogue")A data frame with 9252 stations (rows) and 46 metadata fields.
grdc_no: GRDC station number
wmo_reg: WMO region
sub_reg: WMO subregion
nat_id: national station ID
river: river name
station: station name
country: country code (ISO 3166)
lat: latitude, decimal degree
long: longitude, decimal degree
area: catchment size, km2
altitude: height of gauge zero, m above sea level
ds_stat_no: GRDC station number of next downstream GRDC station
d_start: daily data available from year
d_end: daily data available until year
d_yrs: length of time series, daily data
d_miss: percentage of missing values (daily data)
m_start: monthly data available from
m_end: monthly data available until
m_yrs: length of time series, monthly data
m_miss: percentage of missing values (monthly data)
t_start: earliest data available
t_end: latest data available
t_yrs: maximum length of time series, daily and monthly data
lta_discharge: mean annual streamflow, m3/s
r_volume_yr: mean annual volume, km3
r_height_yr: mean annual runoff depth, mm