National Hydro Network (NHN)

The National Hydro Network (NHN), for which the standard was officially adopted by the Canadian Council on Geomatics (CCOG) in August 2004, focuses on providing a quality geometric description and a set of basic attributes describing Canada's inland surface waters. It provides geospatial vector data describing hydrographic features such as lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, canals, islands, obstacles (e.g. waterfalls, rapids, rocks in water) and constructions (e.g. dams, wharves, dikes), as well as a linear drainage network and the toponymic information (geographical names) associated to hydrography. The NHN forms the hydrographic layer of the GeoBase. The best available federal and provincial/territorial data...

Tags: Watershed Characteristics, BC, British Columbia, Canada, Discharge/Flow, All tags... Drainage, Hydro, Hydrography, Lakes, NPLCC, Rivers/Streams, Surface Water , Terrestrial Hydrosphere, Water Channels, resource islands, Fewer tags