Afghanistan Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Flood Risk Analysis

Water features across Afghanistan exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and other water bodies tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water`. It was last updated on 2026-05-12 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Flood-risk modelling based on the spatial distribution of waterways and water bodies.
• Watershed analysis based on the network of rivers and streams.
• Creating environmental basemap context based on lakes, ponds, and canals.

Strengths

• Includes multiple water feature types (rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds).
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON).
• Last updated 2026-05-12 12:03:49.165051.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 12:03:49.165051.

Geography

Afghanistan