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DATASET
Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): Guinea
Seagrass meadows recorded in Guinea, from the UNEP-WCMC global seagrass layer (compiled from many national and regional surveys; survey dates differ). Polygons show mapped meadows; points show places where seagrass is recorded but the area is not mapped.
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Features
2
seagrass_meadow
Observations
0
Linked measurements
Quality score
90 / 100
Completeness · provenance · checks
Version
v1
Imported 2026-10-13
About this dataset
- Source
- UNEP-WCMC global seagrass and saltmarsh layersUN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and Short FT
- Source layer
- WCMC013_014_Seagrasses_v7_1 (EPSG:4326)
- Module / ecosystem
- SEAGRASS
- Licence
- —
- Coordinate system
- Stored as EPSG:4326 (WGS 84). Source native: n/a
- Records archived
- 2 (matches the source's own count)
How to cite
UNEP-WCMC, Short FT (2021). Global distribution of seagrasses (version 7.1). Seventh update to the data layer used in Green and Short (2003). Cambridge (UK): UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Data DOI: 10.34892/x6r3-d211. (2026). Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): Guinea. Archived copy held by Atlas Blue Carbon Intelligence (snapshot n/a; SHA-256 1ea4033b5107cc4d…). Accessed via https://atlas.twende.green/datasets/seagrass-unep-wcmc-gn.
Feature classes
| Class | Features |
|---|---|
| seagrass_meadow | 2 |
Measurements recorded
Geometry-only dataset
No separate measurements; attributes are shown in the data table.
Unit harmonisation applied to this dataset
Every number in Atlas is stored in one canonical unit; the original value and unit are always kept
No numeric measurements to convert
Place names / geometry only.
Attributes stored per feature
How many features carry each attribute (first 20,000)
| Attribute | Features |
|---|---|
| broad | 2 |
| accuracy | 2 |
| area_ha_geodesic | 2 |
| popup | 2 |
| ecosystem | 2 |
Checked against the geometry
Source value ÷ the same quantity computed from the stored shape
No unit checks apply
Archive & integrity
- Snapshot
- n/a
- Format
- GeoJSON
- Archive checksum
- 1ea4033b5107cc4df186da58b272e7bcfb816ac8e7436d24f1125d44c78259fc
Atlas serves this dataset from its own archived copy. Nothing is requested from the publisher when you view or download it.
Verification against the raw archive
Record counts match the source
Imported record count equals the source's own count; per-record cross-check recorded in the import run.
Import history
| Run | Status | Started | Records | Repaired geometries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1322 | completed | 2026-10-13 19:23:20+00 | 2 | 0 |