Water Features Across Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba from OpenStreetMap

An OpenStreetMap export of water features across Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. The data includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and water bodies tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water`. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Flood-risk modelling based on the distribution of rivers, streams, and canals.
• Watershed analysis based on the network of waterway features.
• Creating an environmental basemap context based on lakes, ponds, and water bodies.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Covers specific water feature types including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap project.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 00:33:04.246623; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba