Falkland Islands Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Flood Risk Analysis

OpenStreetMap export of water features across the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) region, provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). 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.

Use Cases

• Model flood-risk based on mapped waterway networks.
• Conduct watershed analysis using the spatial distribution of rivers and streams.
• Create environmental basemaps incorporating lakes and water bodies for context.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Source data is built collaboratively by volunteers and is freely available under the ODbL-1.0 license.
• The dataset is explicitly tagged for features like `waterway`, `water`, and `natural=water`.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, but 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, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Collection Method

Collaborative mapping by volunteers.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:54:38.418537; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Falkland Islands (Malvinas) region.