Context This dataset was uploaded in order to create hydrological maps for a project examining precipitation levels in Syria. Content Shapefiles for the main Syrian river basins. Access is recommended via `rgdal::readOGR()`. Only the .shp file needs to be read in for each basin; the rest will be included automatically. Acknowledgements CEO Water Mandate. 2016. Interactive Database of the World's River Basins. Web. http://ceowatermandate.org/riverbasins. This product incorporates data from the HydroSHEDS database which is ? World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (2006-2013) and has been used herein under license. WWF has not evaluated the data as altered and incorporated within the Interactive Database of the World's River Basins, and therefore gives no warranty regarding its accuracy, completeness, currency or suitability for any particular purpose. Portions of the HydroSHEDS database incorporate data which are the intellectual property rights of ? USGS (2006-2008), NASA (2000-2005), ESRI (1992-1998), CIAT (2004-2006), UNEP-WCMC (1993), WWF (2004), Commonwealth of Australia (2007), and Her Royal Majesty and the British Crown and are used under license. The HydroSHEDS database and more information are available at: http://www.hydrosheds.org.