Hong Kong Waterways and Water Bodies from OpenStreetMap

An OpenStreetMap export from 2026-03-03 includes all features tagged as waterways, water bodies, or wetlands in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and includes attributes such as name, waterway type, width, depth, and tunnel status. It is available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoPackage, GeoJSON, and Shapefile.

Use Cases

• Map river and canal networks based on the 'waterway' attribute.
• Analyze the distribution of natural water bodies and wetlands based on the 'natural' tag.
• Assess infrastructure characteristics like covered sections or tunnels based on the 'covered' and 'tunnel' keys.
• Estimate water feature dimensions for modeling based on the 'width' and 'depth' attributes.

Strengths

• Includes multiple name variants (English and Chinese) via the 'name:en' and 'name:zh' attributes.
• Covers three broad feature categories: waterways, water bodies, and wetlands as defined by OpenStreetMap tags.
• Available in five common geospatial formats (GARMIN IMG, GEOPACKAGE, GEOJSON, SHP, KML) for flexibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update date is in the future (2026-03-03).

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from OpenStreetMap matching specific tag filters.

Time Range

Snapshot as of the last update date.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 10:15:13.600503

Geography

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region