Côte d'Ivoire Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Environmental Analysis
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Description
Water features across Côte d'Ivoire exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and other 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 (HOT).
Use Cases
Model flood risk based on the mapped network of rivers and streams.
Conduct watershed analysis using the spatial distribution of water bodies.
Create environmental basemaps for planning using the categorized water features.
Analyze water resource distribution from the OpenStreetMap-derived features.
Strengths
Includes multiple water feature types (rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds).
Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON).
Sourced from a well-known, collaborative mapping project (OpenStreetMap).
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 data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 11:28:12.673265; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Côte d'Ivoire
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.