Morocco Waterways: Hydrological Features with Multilingual Names
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Description
Geospatial features for Morocco's hydrological network, including rivers, wetlands, and bays exported from OpenStreetMap by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Updated in March 2026, the collection covers natural and man-made water bodies with associated physical and linguistic metadata.
Use Cases
Hydrological flow analysis using 'waterway' types and 'width' measurements
Localized cartographic visualization using 'name:ar' and 'name:ber' attributes
Flood risk assessment by identifying 'blockage' and 'tunnel' features in the network
Strengths
Multilingual support with Arabic (name:ar) and Berber (name:ber) labels
Available in six GIS-ready formats including SHP and GeoPackage
Includes infrastructure metadata such as 'tunnel' and 'blockage' status
Limitations
Crowdsourced data may have inconsistent coverage in remote rural areas
Physical dimensions like 'depth' are frequently null or estimated
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors via Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Collection Method
Crowdsourced geospatial data digitized from satellite imagery and ground surveys
Freshness
Last updated March 2026; frequency depends on HOT export cycles.
Geography
Morocco
Licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL); requires attribution to OpenStreetMap contributors.