Djibouti Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Environmental Analysis
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Description
Djibouti's water features, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds, are mapped from OpenStreetMap. The data is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and is useful for flood-risk modelling and watershed analysis. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote ones.
Use Cases
Model flood-risk zones based on mapped rivers and water bodies.
Conduct watershed analysis using the network of streams and canals.
Create an environmental basemap context for regional planning using waterway features.
Strengths
Covers multiple water feature types (rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds).
Available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping, exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-15 09:06:57.415770; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Djibouti
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.