Argentina Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Flood Risk Analysis
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Description
OpenStreetMap data provides water features across Argentina, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exports this data via HDX. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-13.
Use Cases
Model flood-risk based on mapped waterway and water body locations.
Conduct watershed analysis using the network of rivers and streams.
Create environmental basemaps for contextual analysis using the tagged water features.
Strengths
Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
Exports are provided in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
The dataset is licensed under ODbL-1.0, allowing for sharing and adaptation.
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, 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, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-13 19:40:24.039576.
Geography
Argentina
Users must cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge due to variable OSM completeness.