I need the data (lat,long) for the world's major river basins boundaries. I want to use it in MATLAB, like "load coast" that gives the coast's boundary.
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Naturalearth offers a global "Rivers + lake centerlines" dataset:
http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/
As discussed on a post on French data you have a couple of sources for free data at these links:
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1These appear to be France-only datasets. Where on these sites are the worldwide data?– whuberDec 22, 2011 at 14:12
Maybe this could work:
http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Ocean_Basemap/MapServer
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The linked page only talks about oceans. Rivers aren't even mentioned ... Is it just the description that is misleading? Jan 21, 2012 at 16:55