Nepal Uber H3 level 6 database

Database for characterization of sub national units for Nepal using Uber H3 level 6 hexagons. Data includes crop, livestock, population a well as climate data. H3 hexagons have unique identifiers that can be used to sum or average underlying data covered by area. As compared to square pixels, hexagons are better to fully cover a countries area. The lower the level used the better the fit.

Data sources used:

Livestock: FAO GLW (Cattle, Goats, Sheep, Chicken, Buffaloes) year 2015

Population Meta for Good 2018

Crops: IFPRI SPAM 2010 (

Climate: Worldclim 2.1

Elevation: SRTM CSI CGIAR

buffalo2015

Buffaloes

cattle2015

Cattle

chicken2015

Chicken

sheep2015

Sheep

goats2015

Goats

hareabana

banana area ha

hareabanaplnt

banana plantan area ha

hareabarl

barley area ha

hareabean

bean area ha

hareachic

chickpea area ha

hareafoodcrp

foodcrops area ha

harealent

lentil area ha

hareamaiz

maize area ha

hareaocer

other cereals area ha

hareaopul

other pulses area ha

hareaorts

other roots and tubers area ha

hareapige

pigeonpea area ha

hareapota

potato area ha

harearice

rice area ha

hareasmil

millet area ha

hareasoyb

soybean area ha

hareawhea

wheat area ha

precann

annual rainfall

tmax_ann

longterm annual tmax (1970-2000)

tmin_ann

longterm annual tmin (1970-2000)

world250meter

Elevation m a.b.s.l.

Caveats:

Hexagon size can be smaller than actual pixel size like SPAM, values can be lower or higher depending on location and pixel below. Use as indicator of importance not absolute value.