Lithuania Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Flood Risk Modelling

OpenStreetMap export contains water features across Lithuania, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Model flood-risk based on the mapped network of rivers, streams, and canals.
• Conduct watershed analysis using the spatial distribution of lakes, ponds, and water bodies.
• Create an environmental basemap context for regional planning using the waterway and natural water features.

Strengths

• Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Covers multiple water feature types including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete compared to urban areas.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:56:40.123133; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lithuania