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Description

This data set of state and regional boundaries was derived from the 1:3 million scale administrative boundaries (ESRI, 1998) for the land area of the Former Soviet Union. There are 162 administrative regions distinguished in this data set. The vector map of state and regional boundaries for the FSU is in ArcView shapefile format.

Product Summary

Platforms
NOT APPLICABLE
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Spatial Extent

N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1998-08-01 to 1999-08-03
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2810672148-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
2
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Administrative Divisions

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Stone, T. A., & Schlesinger, P. (2003). RLC State and Regional Boundaries for the Former Soviet Union (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/699 Date Accessed: 2026-01-15

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