Equatorial Guinea Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Flood Risk Modelling
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Description
OpenStreetMap exports provide water features across Equatorial Guinea. The data includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and water bodies tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water`. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Use Cases
Model flood-risk zones based on mapped rivers, streams, and water bodies.
Conduct watershed analysis using the network of waterways.
Create environmental basemaps for context using lakes, ponds, and canals.
Strengths
Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
Includes multiple water feature types: rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and water bodies.
Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, 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 and export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-15 09:54:40.053715; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Equatorial Guinea
License is ODbL-1.0. Cross-check critical decisions with local field knowledge as data completeness varies.