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Brief
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Water
Resources Planning Organization has developed National Water Resources
Database (NWRD) to meet the demand for consistent and corrected data and
information of the planners, researchers and managers related to water
sector. As a part of the mandated functions, WARPO maintain, update and
disseminate the NWRD continuously. The NWRD has become the largest geo-spatial
database in the country, which holds spatial, temporal and attribute information.
The data contained in NWRD have been collected from a wide range of sources
and agencies. Besides, data are also captured from satellite images, aerial
photographs and hardcopy maps. NWRD holds more than 400 data layers, out
of which 125 layers are spatial data. National Water Resources Database
is a systematic database, and is established as a national and regional
level data provider. Data in the NWRD are organized in several main groups
which are: Base data, Surface water, Groundwater, Soil and Agriculture,
Fisheries, Forest, Socio-economic, Meteorological, Environment and Images.
A web enabled meta-database has been created to browse through Internet/Intranet.
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Integrated Coastal Resources Database(ICRD)
| According to Coastal Zone Policy, an Integrated Coastal Resources Database has been setup to formulate and implement the Intregrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (ICZMP) of Bangladesh. |