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Environmental Pollution Potential within the Burl River Basin of Liberia, West Africa

Figure 1: Burl River Basin, West Africa

Table 1. Data Inputs and their weighted properties

Data inputs and their weighted properties

Parameter

Source

Landuse

Derived from land cover map downloaded at diva-gis.org

Slope

Derived from the SRTM 90M digital elevation model

Population

Projected population for the Burl River Basin obtained from the 2008
Population and Housing Census conducted by the Government of Liberia

Soil

Derived from the soil map downloaded at diva-gis.org

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