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Hillshade generated from SRTM 90m DEM available from the CGIAR website (http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/).
Bathymetry from the ETOPO1 Global Relief Model downloaded from: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html
Sumatran orangutan distribution shapefile prepared by Singleton and Wich and based on Wich et al. 2008 with unpublished data added.
Water catchments for northern Sumatra digitized by PanEco/YEL, based on SRTM 90m DEM and 1:50,000 Topographic maps (25m contour interval).
Uploaded on Wednesday 01 Feb 2012
Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Orangutan habitat overlaps the catchments of 44 major rivers in Sumatra, each of which reaches the coast and discharges into the sea. Thus it is very important to guarantee proper functioning of ecosystem services related to water.