Datasets associated with a paper published in Remote Sensing of Environment, titled “Anthropogenic transformation of Yangtze Plain freshwater lakes: patterns, drivers and impacts" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425720303680

This datasets include the shapefiles of Aquaculture zone, Agricultural/build-up land and Natural water of lakes in middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River Basin in every three-year interval (1973, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2018)