Mexico Waterways and Water Bodies from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap features for Mexico related to waterways and water bodies, including rivers, canals, lakes, wetlands, and bays. The dataset is an export from the OpenStreetMap database maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on March 3, 2026. Features are selected based on tags for 'waterway', 'water', or 'natural' values like 'water' and 'wetland'.

Use Cases

• Mapping river networks and water bodies based on the 'waterway' and 'natural' tags.
• Analyzing physical characteristics of waterways based on attributes like 'width' and 'depth'.
• Identifying named water features for localization projects using the 'name', 'name:en', and 'name:es' attributes.
• Assessing infrastructure features like tunnels or blockages on waterways using the 'tunnel' and 'blockage' tags.

Strengths

• Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a large, collaborative, and openly licensed geographic database.
• Includes multiple geometric file formats (SHP, GEOJSON, GEOPACKAGE, KML) for flexibility.
• Features are defined by a clear tag-based selection rule (waterway, water, natural).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap's crowdsourced nature.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export from the OpenStreetMap database based on specific tag filters.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 10:12:35.553164; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mexico