Morocco Waterways: Hydrological Features with Multilingual Names

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