Algeria Waterways and Water Bodies from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap features for Algeria matching tags related to waterways, water bodies, and wetlands. The dataset is an export from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-05. It includes features such as rivers, canals, lakes, and bays, with attributes like name, width, depth, and tunnel status.

Use Cases

• Mapping river networks and water bodies based on the 'waterway' and 'natural' attributes.
• Assessing infrastructure features like tunnels and blockages for waterways.
• Analyzing the multilingual naming of water features using the 'name:ar' and 'name:ber' attributes.
• Estimating water feature dimensions for hydrological modeling using the 'width' and 'depth' attributes.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geometric file formats: KML, GEOJSON, SHP, and GEOPACKAGE.
• Attributes are defined with links to OpenStreetMap wiki documentation for clarity.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative mapping project with global coverage.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-05-05 14:54:53.904222; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export from OpenStreetMap based on specific tag filters.

Freshness

2026-05-05 14:54:53.904222

Geography

Algeria