Freshwater Atlas Watershed Boundaries for British Columbia

Fundamental watershed polygons for British Columbia generated from boundary lines, bank edges, and coastline edges. The dataset is provided by the Government of British Columbia and was last updated on 2026-07-22. It is available in multiple geospatial formats including KML, FGDB/GDB, and WMS.

Use Cases

• Delineate hydrological units for environmental modeling based on watershed boundary lines.
• Analyze administrative and natural water boundaries for land-use planning based on administrative boundary edges.
• Map freshwater resources and coastal interfaces based on coastline and bank edges mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative Government of British Columbia.
• Polygons are derived from multiple fundamental geographic features including boundary lines and edges.
• Available in several standard geospatial formats (KML, FGDB/GDB, WMS) for interoperability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is 2026-07-22.

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia | Gouvernment de la Colombie-Britannique

Collection Method

Generated from watershed boundary lines, bank edges, delimiter edges, coastline edges, and administrative boundary edges.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-22 18:31:37.426847

Geography

British Columbia, Canada