Water Features of French Guiana from OpenStreetMap
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Description
Water features across French Guiana exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and water bodies tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water`. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-14.
Use Cases
Flood-risk modelling based on the spatial distribution of rivers and water bodies.
Watershed analysis based on the network of rivers and streams.
Creating environmental basemap context based on the comprehensive water feature geometry.
Strengths
Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
Derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
Last updated on 2026-05-14 15:50:40.587409.
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.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-14 15:50:40.587409.
Geography
French Guiana
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.