Gibraltar Water Features from OpenStreetMap for Flood Modeling

OpenStreetMap exports provide water features across Gibraltar, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and water bodies. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated in May 2026. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Flood-risk modelling based on the spatial distribution of waterways and water bodies.
• Watershed analysis based on the network of rivers, streams, and canals.
• Creating environmental basemap context for planning based on lakes, ponds, and water features.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON) for tool flexibility.
• The dataset is explicitly tagged with OSM keys (waterway, water, natural) for consistent feature identification.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap project.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:07:36.002396; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gibraltar