This line shapefile represents the rivers and streams of the world at 1:250,000 scale. These rivers and streams are too narrow to be represented as polygons. This layer is part of the 2014 ESRI Data and Maps collection for ArcGIS 10.2. World Linear Water provides a base map layer for the rivers and streams of the world. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.