Global Distribution of Seagrasses
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
- License
- Non-commercialNon-commercial
- Commercial
- No
- Format
- Shapefile
- Coverage
- Global coastal waters
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 29 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Irregular
Tags
UNEP-WCMC merged records from 1934 through 2021 with partners that include OSPAR and the Mediseh project.
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Source and attribution
- Publisher
- UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
- License
- Non-commercialNon-commercial
- Commercial use
- No
- Attribution required
- Yes
- Modification allowed
- See publisher
- Redistribution allowed
- See publisher
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- Global
- Type
- Vector
- Time
- 1934–2021
- Download
- Seagrasses v7.1 (zip)
- Extent
- -180-9018090West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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