https://catalog.ipbes.net/system/assessment/89/references/files/381/original/GIWA_Brochure.pdf?1352970871 GW: Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA) - strong relations to LMEs The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was established as a follow-up to the 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, as the environmental conscience of the UNsystem. With the mission to ”provide leadership and encourage partnerships in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing and enabling nations and people to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations”, UNEP has been creating a basis for comprehensive consideration and co-ordinated action within the UN on the problems of the human environment. Web site: www.unep.org https://wedocs.unep.org/search?query=GIWA%20Regional%20Assessment%203&spc.page=2 9 Megaregions (LME codes in brackets) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HLC Tree (GW Levels);HLC-M;HLC-Y;HLC-S;REF-CODE;DESCRIPTION;Details 800 (0);800|689;R0G00;GW00|GGZ;GW00|ZG;Geographical Zones;{(90N)(90S)} 800-8000 (0.0);8000;R0GZ0;GWZ0|KCZ;GWZ0|Z0;Arctic Climate Zone;North Pole <-> Arctic Circle {(90N)(663339N/60N)} 800-8000-7010 (0.0.1);7010;R0G01;GW01;GG01;Arctic Rim;(FAO 18) 800-8000-7010-7016;7016;R0D01;GW01d;GG01d;Canadian High Arctic (LM66*,EW15a); 800-8000-7010-7017;7017;R0B01;GW01b;GG01b;North Greenland (LM66*,EW15b); 800-8000-7010-7070;7070;R0C01;GW01c;GG01c;Arctic European (Atlantic); 800-8000-7010-7075 (0.0.1.1);7075;R01A0;GW1a0;GG1a0;Russian Arctic (4 LMEs); 800-7100-7010-7075-7071;7071;R01A1;GW1a1;GG1a1;Kara Sea (LM58,EW06); 800-7100-7010-7075-7072;7072;R01A2;GW1a2;GG1a2;Laptev Sea (LM57,EW07); 800-7100-7010-7075-7073;7073;R01A3;GW1a3;GG1a3;East Siberian Sea (LM56,EW08); 800-7100-7010-7075-7074;7074;R01A4;GW1a4;GG1a4;Chukchi Sea (Northern Bering) (LM54,EW12); 800-8001 (0.1);8001;R0GZ1;GWZ1|NTZ;GWZ1|Z1;Northern Temperate Climate;Arctic Circle <-> Tropic of Cancer {(663339N/60N)(232622N)} 800-8001-7110 (0.1.2);7110;R0GJ0;GWJ0;GJ00;North Pacific Ocean;(FAO 61+67) 800-8001-7110-0G34;0G34;R0G34;GW34;GJ34;Yellow Sea & Bohai; 800-8001-7110-0G34-7124;7124;R0A34;GW34a;GJ34a;Yellow Sea (LM48); 800-8001-7110-0G34-72KB;72KB;R0B34;GW34b;GJ34b;Bohai Sea;(ex-G35) 800-8001-7110-6340;6340;R0G37;GW37;GJ37;Insular Pacific-Hawaiian Archipelago (LM10); 800-8001-7110-7112;7112;R0G31;GW31;GJ31;Oyashio Current (LM51); 800-8001-7110-7113;7113;R0G32;GW32;GJ32;Kuroshio Current (LM49); 800-8001-7110-7121;7121;R0G28;GW28;GJ28;Bering Sea (2 LMEs); 800-8001-7110-7121-7117;7117;R0A28;GW28a;GJ28a;Bering Sea (West) (LM53,EW11);(ex-J29) 800-8001-7110-7121-7118;7118;R0B28;GW28b;GJ28b;Bering Sea (East) (LM01,EW09); 800-8001-7110-7122;7122;R0G30;GW30;GJ30+;Sea of Okhotsk (LM52); 800-8001-7110-7122-6002;6002;R0B30;GW30b;GJ30b;Amur River Basin (freshwater); 800-8001-7110-7123;7123;R0G33;GW33;GJ33;Sea of Japan (LM50); 800-8001-7110-7130;7130;R0G36;GW36|CSE;GJ36;East China Sea (LM47); 800-8001-7110-7162;7162;R0G25;GW25;GJ25;Gulf of Alaska (LM02); 800-8001-7110-72AE;72AE;R0G27;GW27;GJ27;Gulf of California (LM04); 800-8001-7110-72ZF;72ZF;R0G26;GW26;GJ26;California Current (LM03);{3315N,12231W} 800-8001-7330 (0.1.5);7330;R0GH0;GWH0;GH00;North Atlantic Ocean;(FAO 21+27+31) 800-8001-7330-2007;2007;R0G21;GW21;GH21;North Africa and Nile River Basin (LM26);(some sources says Mediterranean Sea) 800-8001-7330-4129;4129;R0G09;GW09;GH09;Newfoundland(-Labrador) Shelf (LM09,EW18);{5203N,5338W} 800-8001-7330-4210;4210;R0G06;GW06;GH06;Northeast (US Continental) Shelf (LM07); 800-8001-7330-4230;4230;R0G05;GW05;GH05;Southeast (US Continental) Shelf (LM06); 800-8001-7330-6019;6019;R0G24;GW24;GH24;Aral Sea; 800-8001-7330-6021;6021;R0G23;GW23;GH23;Caspian Sea; 800-8001-7330-7029;7029;R0G10;GW10;GH10;Canadian Eastern Arctic (LM18,EW16a); 800-8001-7330-7029-7025;7025;R0A10;GW10a;GH10a;Baffin Bay; 800-8001-7330-7029-7374;7374;R0B10;GW10b;GH10b;Labrador Sea; 800-8001-7330-7029-4D32;4D32;R0C10;GW10c;GH10c;Canadian (Arctic) Archipelago;{7356N,8850W} 800-8001-7330-7059;7059;R0G16;GW16;GH16;West Greenland (Shelf) (LM18,EW16b);{6845N,5348W} 800-8001-7330-7082;7082;R0G11;GW11;GH11;Barents Sea (LM20,EW05); 800-8001-7330-7086;7086;R0G12;GW12;GH12;Norwegian Sea (LM21,EW04); 800-8001-7330-7337;7337;R0G13;GW13;GH13;Faroe plateau (LM60,EW01); 800-8001-7330-7344;7344;R0G07;GW07;GH07;Scotian Shelf (LM08);{4405N,6211W} 800-8001-7330-7345;7345;R0G08;GW08;GH08;Gulf of St. Lawrence; 800-8001-7330-7412;7412;R0G14;GW14;GH14;Iceland Shelf (LM59,EW02); 800-8001-7330-7414;7414;R0G15;GW15;GH15;Greenland Sea (East) (LM19,EW03); 800-8001-7330-7419;7419;R0G18;GW18;GH18;North Sea (LM22); 800-8001-7330-7422;7422;R0G19;GW19;GH19;Celtic-Biscay Shelf (LM24);{5126N,0732W} 800-8001-7330-7428;7428;R0G20;GW20;GH20;Iberian Coastal Sea (LM25); 800-8001-7330-7470;7470;R0G17;GW17;GH17;Baltic Sea (LM23); 800-8001-7330-7521;7521;R0G02;GW02;GH02;Gulf of Mexico (LM05); 800-8001-7330-7521-0A02;0A02;R0A02;GW02a;GH02a;Gulf of Mexico (Mississippi River); 800-8001-7330-7521-0B02;0B02;R0B02;GW02b;GH02b;Gulf of Mexico (Rio Grande/Rio Bravo); 800-8001-7330-7521-0C02;0C02;R0C02;GW02c;GH02c;Gulf of Mexico (Usumacinta/Grijalva); 800-8001-7330-7521-0D02;0D02;R0D02;GW02d;GH02d;Gulf of Mexico (Rio Hondo/Chetumal Bay); 800-8001-7330-7540;7540;R0G03;GW03;GH03;Caribbean Sea (LM12*);{1621N,7456W} 800-8001-7330-7540-0A03;0A03;R0A03;GW03a;GH03a;Caribbean Sea (Small Islands); 800-8001-7330-7540-0B03;0B03;R0B03;GW03b;GH03b;Caribbean Sea (Orinoco/Magdalena/Catatumbo);(CO,VE) 800-8001-7330-7540-0C03;0C03;R0C03;GW03c;GH03c;Caribbean Sea (Central America/Mexico);(BZ,CR,GT,HN,MX,NI,PA) 800-8001-7330-7752;7752;R0G22;GW22;GH22;Black Sea (LM62); 800-8001-7330-8510;8510;R0G04;GW04;GH04;Caribbean Islands (LM12*) / Greater Antilles;(CU,HT,DR,JM,PR,BS) 800-8002 (0.2);8002;R0GZ2;GWZ2|ECZ;GWZ2|Z2;Equator Tropical Climate;Tropic of Cancer <-> Tropic of Capricorn {(232622N)(232622S)} 800-8002-7592 (0.2.6);7592;R0GS0;GWS0;GS00;Temperate Southern Africa (SEL+SWO); 800-8002-7592-6048;6048;R0G43;GW43;GS43;Lake Chad;{1306N,1432E} 800-8002-7592-6920;6920;R0G47;GW47;GS47;East African Rift Valley Lakes;{03N,3620E} 800-8002-7592-6920-6033;6033;R0A47;GW47a;GS47a;East African Rift Valley Lakes (Lake Turkana); 800-8002-7592-6920-6034;6034;R0B47;GW47b;GS47b;East African Rift Valley Lakes (Lake Victoria); 800-8002-7592-6920-6035;6035;R0C47;GW47c;GS47c;East African Rift Valley Lakes (Lake Tanganyika); 800-8002-7592-6920-6036;6036;R0D47;GW47d;GS47d;East African Rift Valley Lakes (Lake Malawi); 800-8002-7592-7565;7565;R0G41;GW41;GS41;Canary Current (LM27);{2439N,1518W} 800-8002-7592-7565-74XH;74XH;R0A41;GW41a;GS41a;Canary Current (North); 800-8002-7592-7565-74XJ;74XJ;R0B41;GW41b;GS41b;Canary Current (South); 800-8002-7592-7577;7577;R0G42;GW42;GS42;Guinea Current (LM28); 800-8002-7592-7577-0A42;0A42;R0A42;GW42a;GS42a;Guinea Current (Komoe Basin); 800-8002-7592-7577-0B42;0B42;R0B42;GW42b;GS42b;Guinea Current (Volta Basin); 800-8002-7592-7577-0C42;0C42;R0C42;GW42c;GS42c;Guinea Current (Niger Basin); 800-8002-7592-7577-0D42;0D42;R0D42;GW42d;GS42d;Guinea Current (Congo Basin); 800-8002-7592-7795;7795;R0G46;GW46;GS46;Somali Coastal Current (LM31); 800-8002-7592-7795-0A46;0A46;R0A46;GW46a;GS46a;Somali Coastal Current (Juba/Shebelle); 800-8002-7592-7795-0B46;0B46;R0B46;GW46b;GS46b;Somali Coastal Current (Tana/Athi/Sabaki); 800-8002-7592-7795-0C46;0C46;R0C46;GW46c;GS46c;Somali Coastal Current (Wami/Ruvu/Pangani); 800-8002-7592-7795-0D46;0D46;R0D46;GW46d;GS46d;Somali Coastal Current (Rufiji/Ruvuma); 800-8002-7592-7795-0E46;0E46;R0E46;GW46e;GS46e;Somali Coastal Current (Lake Jipe/Chala); 800-8002-7592-7622;7622;R0G44;GW44;GS44;Benguela Current (LM29); 800-8002-7592-7622-7624;7624;R0A45;GW45a;GS45a;Agulhas Current (LM30); 800-8002-7592-7622-0B45;0B45;R0B45;GW45b;GS45b;Indian Ocean Islands;(KM,YT,MG,MU,SY) 800-8002-7762 (0.2.8);7762;R0GV0;GWV0;GV00;Northern Indian Ocean; 800-8002-7762-6019;6019;R0G51;GW51;GV51;Jordan;(land-locked river system) 800-8002-7762-6021;6021;R0G50;GW50;GV50;Euphrates and Tigris River Basin / Persian Gulf; 800-8002-7762-7775;7775;R0G52;GW52;GV52;Arabian Sea (LM32); 800-8002-7762-7776;7776;R0G49;GW49;GV49;Red Sea and Gulf of Aden; 800-8002-7762-7776-7777;7777;R0A49;GW49a;GV49a;Red Sea (LM33); 800-8002-7762-7776-7778;7778;R0B49;GW49b;GV49b;Gulf of Aden (LM33+);(ex-V48) 800-8002-7762-7811;7811;R0G53;GW53;GV53;Bay of Bengal (LM34); 800-8003 (0.3);8003;R0GZ3;GWZ3|STZ;GWZ3|Z3;Southern Temperate Climate;Tropic of Capricorn <-> Antarctic Circle {(232622S)(663339S)} 800-8003-7280 (0.3.3);7280;R0GX0;GWX0;GX00;Southwest Pacific (Southeast Asia & ..);(FAO 71) 800-8003-7280-6012;6012;R0G55;GW55;GX55;Mekong River; 800-8003-7280-6880;6880;R0G62;GW62;GX62;Small Pacific Island( State)s; 800-8003-7280-7211;7211;R0G60;GW60;GX60;Great Barrier Reef (LM40+); 800-8003-7280-7220;7220;R0G54;GW54;GX54;South China Sea (LM36); 800-8003-7280-7230;7230;R0G57;GW57;GX57;Indonesian Seas (LM38);{0422S,12148E} 800-8003-7280-7230-9X38;9X38;R0A57;GW57a;GX57a;Indonesian Seas (West,Sunda,LM38a); 800-8003-7280-7230-9Y38;9Y38;R0B57;GW57b;GX57b;Indonesian Seas (Central,Wallacea,LM38b); 800-8003-7280-7230-9Z38;9Z38;R0C57;GW57c;GX57c;Indonesian Seas (East,Sahul,LM38c); 800-8003-7280-7231;7231;R0G56;GW56;GX56;Sulu-Celebes Sea (LM37); 800-8003-7280-7231-7233;7233;R0A56;GW56a;GX56a;Sulu Sea (LM37a); 800-8003-7280-7231-7235;7235;R0B56;GW56b;GX56b;Celebes Sea (LM37b); 800-8003-7280-7256;7256;R0G58;GW58;GX58;North Australian Shelf (LM39);{1236S,13514E} 800-8003-7280-7256-9X39;9X39;R0A58;GW58a;GX58a;North Australian Shelf (Wet Tropics,LM39a); 800-8003-7280-7256-9Y39;9Y39;R0B58;GW58b;GX58b;North Australian Shelf (Dry Tropics,LM39b); 800-8003-7280-73GA;73GA;R0G59;GW59;GX59;Coral Sea Basin;{1340S,15120E} 800-8003-7280-73GA-0A59;0A59;R0A59;GW59a;GX59a;Coral Sea Basin (South PNG and Papua); 800-8003-7280-73GA-0B59;0B59;R0B59;GW59b;GX59b;Coral Sea Basin (Coral Sea); 800-8003-7280-73QA;73QA;R0G63;GW63;GX63;Tasman Sea; 800-8003-7280-77AC;77AC;R0G61;GW61;GX61+;Great Australian Bight; 800-8003-7280-77AC-6838;6838;R0B61;GW61b;GX61b;Great Australian Bight (Muray Darling Basin); 800-8003-7290 (0.3.4);7290;R0GY0;GWY0;GY00;Southeast Pacific;(FAO 87) 800-8003-7290-7260;7260;R0G65;GW65;GY65;Eastern Equatorial Pacific (LM11);{1131N,9258W} 800-8003-7290-7260-0A65;0A65;R0A65;GW65a;GY65a;Eastern Equatorial Pacific (Southwest Mexico); 800-8003-7290-7260-0B65;0B65;R0B65;GW65b;GY65b;Eastern Equatorial Pacific (Central Equatorial Pacific); 800-8003-7290-7260-0C65;0C65;R0C65;GW65c;GY65c;Eastern Equatorial Pacific (Pacific Colombian); 800-8003-7290-7299;7299;R0G64;GW64;GY64;Humboldt Current (LM13); 800-8003-7600 (0.3.7);7600;R0GK0;GWK0;GK00;Southwest Atlantic (Eastern South America);(FAO 31+41) 800-8003-7600-0G39;0G39;R0G39;GW39;GK39;East Atlantic Basin of Uruguay / Brazil Current (LM14?); 800-8003-7600-0G39-0C39;0C39;R0C39;GW39c;GK39c;Brazil Current (São Francisco River Basin) (LM16*); 800-8003-7600-0G39-7593;7593;R0B39;GW39b;GK39b;Brazil Current (East Atlantic Basins) (LM16*); 800-8003-7600-0G39-7605;7605;R0A39;GW39a;GK39a;Brazil Current (South/Southeast Atlantic Basins) (LM15); 800-8003-7600-7598;7598;R0G38;GW38;GK38;Patagonian Shelf (LM14); 800-8003-7600-7598-9X14;9X14;R0A38;GW38a;GK38a;Patagonian Shelf (La Plata River Basin,LM14a); 800-8003-7600-7598-9Y14;9Y14;R0B38;GW38b;GK38b;Patagonian Shelf (South Atlantic Drainage System,LM14b); 800-8003-7600-7601;7601;R0G40;GW40;GK40+;North(east) Brazil Shelf (LM17);{0450N,5116W} 800-8003-7600-7601-7610;7610;R0B40;GW40b;GK40b;Amazon; 800-8004 (0.4);8004;R0GZ4;GWZ4|QCZ;GWZ4|Z4;Antarctic Climate Zone;Antarctic Circle <-> South Pole {(663339S/60S)(90S)} 800-8004-7840 (0.4.9);7840;R0G66;GW66;GY66;Antarctic (LM61);(FAO 48) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIWA region GIWA description Corresponding LME 41a–41b Canary Current (North & South) Canary Current LME 42a–42e Guinea Current basins (Comoe, Volta, Niger, Congo, coastal) Guinea Current LME 43 Lake Chad basin Not an LME (inland basin) 44 Benguela Current Benguela Current LME 45a Agulhas Current Agulhas Current LME 45b Indian Ocean Islands Indian Ocean Islands region (not a classic LME) 46a–46e Somali Coastal Current river basins Somali Coastal Current LME 47a–47d East African Rift Valley lakes Inland lakes (not LMEs) G03a: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Anguilla, Aruba, British Vigin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Monserrat, Netherland Antilles (Bonaire and Curacao), Turks and Caicos G11: The Kola River (6853N,3302E) and the Kola Bay; The 7088 White Sea and the Severnaya Dvina River (6432N,4031E) The Pechora River (6818N,5425E) and the Pechenga River (6935N,3116E) G41a: Mauritania and western Morocco. Souss-Massa River Basin, Sebou River Basin G41b: Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Canary Islands. Senegal River Basin, Gambia River Basin G43: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon / mainly Central-Africa , siehe MEOW usw. (Woodlands etc. pp.) G57a: Java Sea, Karimata & Sunda Straits, parts of Bali/Flores (west) G57b: Banda, Flores, Ceram/Halmahera/Molucca; Makassar, Lombok, Ombai G57c: Arafura Sea, Gulf of Carpentaria; Timor Sea margin/Timor Passage G62: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Northern Mariana Is., New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna G65c: El Salvador and the Pacific coastal areas of seven other countries – Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia.