Belize Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Environmental Analysis
Updated 25d ago
6filesGEOPACKAGE
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Description
OpenStreetMap volunteers mapped water features across Belize, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds. Completeness varies, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote regions. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, which was last updated on May 14, 2026.
Use Cases
Model flood-risk based on the mapped network of rivers, streams, and canals.
Conduct watershed analysis using the spatial distribution of lakes, ponds, and water bodies.
Create an environmental basemap context for Belize using the comprehensive water feature data.
Strengths
Covers multiple water feature types including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
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, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 01:25:47.223407; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Belize
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge as volunteer data completeness varies.