Community Water Model Inputs for Ebro River Basin, Spain, 1990-2012

Ebro River basin in Spain contains input data and settings for the Community Water Model (CWatM) from 1990 to 2012. The data includes elevation, flow direction, river routing, lakes, soils, groundwater, land cover, crop coefficients, population, GDP, and sectoral water demands for simulating the water cycle. The dataset is maintained by the IIASA BNR Water Security group and hosted by the Environmental Information Data Centre.

Use Cases

• Calibrate the CWatM hydrological model using the provided elevation model, flow direction map, and river routing data for the Ebro basin.
• Analyze sectoral water demand by integrating irrigation, livestock, industry, and domestic water demands with population and GDP data.
• Assess groundwater and surface water interactions using the combined soils, groundwater, and land cover input layers.
• Simulate reservoir and lake impacts on river flow within the basin using the provided lakes and reservoirs data.

Strengths

• Covers a 23-year time range from 1990 to 2012 for hydrological analysis.
• Includes multiple integrated data types: physical (elevation, soils), human (population, GDP), and management (water demands, reservoirs).
• Model is maintained by the authoritative IIASA BNR Water Security group.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column counts, and data resolution are unknown from the input.
• Data is packaged in a ZIP format, requiring extraction and potentially specialized tools (CWatM) for use.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Input data and settings compiled for running the Community Water Model (CWatM).

Time Range

1990-2012

Freshness

Metadata was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Ebro River basin, Spain