Water Features in Burkina Faso from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Burkina Faso includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and water bodies. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Model flood-risk based on mapped waterway networks.
• Conduct watershed analysis using the delineated rivers and streams.
• Create environmental basemaps for regional planning using water body data.

Strengths

• Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a widely-used global collaborative mapping project.
• Covers multiple water feature types including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 00:36:46.972277.

Geography

Burkina Faso