Estonian Water Features from OpenStreetMap for Environmental Analysis

OpenStreetMap exports provide water features across Estonia, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being well-mapped while remote areas may be incomplete.

Use Cases

• Model flood-risk based on the spatial distribution of rivers, streams, and water bodies.
• Conduct watershed analysis using the network of waterways and natural water features.
• Create environmental basemaps for Estonia using lakes, ponds, and canals as context layers.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Includes multiple export formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON) for flexibility.
• Last updated on 2026-05-15, indicating relatively recent extraction.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the description.
• 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

Export of features tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 11:03:46.594667

Geography

Estonia