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Lehner, B., Anand, M., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Tan, F., Aires, F., Allen, G.H., Bousquet, P., Canadell, J.G., Davidson, N., Ding, M., Finlayson, C.M., Gumbricht, T., Hilarides, L., Hugelius, G., Jackson, R.B., Korver, M.C., Liu, L., McIntyre, P.B., Matthews, E., Nagy, S., Olefeldt, D., Pavelsky, T.M., Pekel, J.-F., Poulter, B., Prigent, C., Wang, J., Worthington, T.A., Yamazaki, D., Zhang, X., Thieme, M. (2025). Mapping the world’s inland surface waters: an upgrade to the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database (GLWD v2). Earth System Science Data 17, 2277–2329. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2277-2025  https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2277-2025
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