Prospective River sites for Rafting

ISO 19115-3 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata identifier:
Identifier code: F51555E7-96F3-4A30-A4CB-46FD78877D40
Default locale:
Language code: eng
Country code: US
Character encoding: utf8
Metadata contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Responsible party:
Organization:
Name: National Land Commission Secretariat
Indvidual:
Individual:
Name: Chimi Dem
Position name: Chief Survey Engineer
Metadata date information:
Date type: revision
Date: 2026-05-14T00:00:00
Metadata standard:
Title: ISO 19115-3 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals
Edition: 2014
Metadata scope:
Resource scope: dataset
Scope name: dataset
Metadata maintenance:
Update frequency: asNeeded
Metadata constraints:
General Constraints:
Limitations of use: All observations made here are based on the water levels and expected conditions during the months of January to April and October to December.

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:
Title: Prospective River sites for Rafting
Citation date:
Date type: publication
Date: 2026-02-06T00:00:00
Citation date:
Date type: creation
Date: 2026-01-03T00:00:00
Presentation format: mapDigital
Abstract: An assessment and analysis of the major rivers for raft and kayak tourism, conducted by the Department of Tourism in 2019-2020, with the technical support from Xplore Bhutan. The data is an outcome of the survey. The main purpose of the survey was to run and map rivers to make recommendations for their future use in commercial and recreational running.
Purpose: The data shows the stretch of the river that has potential for river rafting in Bhutan
Status: completed
Point of contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Responsible party:
Organization:
Name: NLCS
Contact information:
Phone:
Number type: voice
Number: +975-17150370
Address:
Country: BT
e-mail address: cdem@nlcs.gov.bt
Indvidual:
Individual:
Name: Chimi Dem
Position name: CSE
Spatial representation type: vector
Themes or categories of the resource: economy, location
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
West longitude: 88.75
East longitude: 92.11
North latitude: 28.32
South latitude: 26.7
Resource maintenance:
Update frequency: asNeeded
Default locale:
Language code: eng
Country code: US
Character encoding: utf8
Environment description: Esri ArcGIS 13.6.0.59527

Spatial Representation Information

Vector Data

Level of topology for this dataset: geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type: composite

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier:
Identifier code: 5266
Codespace: EPSG
Version: 7.6(10.1.0)

Resource Lineage

Lineage scope:
Scope level: dataset
Source:
Source description: The data source is from the River Survey Report 2023, conducted by the Department of Tourism. s
Process step:
Process description: Since the spatial file was not available, it was extracted from river data maintained in the NSDI portal. The put-in and take-out points were geo-located, and the stretch of river between the two points was clipped.
When the process occurred:
Date/Time: 2026-01-02T00:00:00

Distribution Information

Distribution format:
Format specification citation:
Title: shape format
Edition: free
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Units of distribution: kb
Transfer size: 50.4