2018 Hydroclimatic Atlas: River Flow Indicators for Southern Quebec

28 hydrological indicators project river flow amplitude and direction for southern Quebec under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 climate scenarios. The archived 2018 version from the Government of Quebec includes geospatial river sections and CSV tables with projected flow values and uncertainty for historical and future periods. Data is provided under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Model future water availability based on projected hydrological indicators for RCP scenarios.
• Assess climate change resilience for water management practices using flow magnitude and direction data.
• Map river network attributes for southern Quebec using the provided GeoJSON and shapefile layers.
• Analyze uncertainty in flow projections for historical and future climate horizons.

Strengths

• Includes 28 distinct hydrological indicators for comprehensive water regime analysis.
• Covers two major climate scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) and three future time horizons.
• Provides data in multiple formats, including geospatial (GeoJSON, SHP) and tabular (CSV).
• Archived version allows reproducibility for studies referencing the 2018 data.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is an archived 2018 version; the provider recommends using the 2022 update for new studies.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec

Collection Method

Archived data from the 2018 Hydroclimatic Atlas project.

Time Range

Historical period and future projections (likely mid-to-late 21st century).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 18:39:14.919975; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southern Quebec, Canada.