Bhutan Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Flood Risk and Watershed Analysis

OpenStreetMap data exports of water features across Bhutan, last updated on 2026-05-14. The dataset includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and other water bodies tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water`. It is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is available in multiple geospatial formats.

Use Cases

• Model flood-risk based on mapped waterway networks.
• Conduct watershed analysis using the spatial distribution of rivers and streams.
• Create environmental basemaps incorporating lakes, ponds, and canals.

Strengths

• Covers multiple water feature types including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds.
• Available in several common geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, GEOJSON, and JSON.
• Derived from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project and provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• 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 2026-05-14 01:35:10.137768

Geography

Bhutan