Bahrain Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Environmental Analysis

A 2026-05-14 export from OpenStreetMap contains water features across Bahrain, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, which is useful for environmental basemap context. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote areas.

Use Cases

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

Strengths

• Covers multiple water feature types (rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds) as defined by OSM tags.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Last updated on 2026-05-14, indicating recent data maintenance.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborated mapping exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:03:44.945171

Geography

Bahrain