Peru Waterways and Water Bodies from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap features in Peru tagged as waterways, water bodies, wetlands, or bays. The dataset is maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-05. Features likely contain attributes such as name, waterway type, width, depth, and multilingual names.

Use Cases

• Mapping river networks and water bodies based on waterway and natural tags.
• Analyzing water feature dimensions and characteristics based on width and depth attributes.
• Supporting multilingual mapping applications based on name tags in English, Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara.
• Assessing infrastructure features like tunnels and covered waterways based on tunnel and covered tags.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project, which provides a global base map.
• Attributes include multilingual names (English, Spanish, Quechua, Aymara) relevant for local context.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, GARMIN IMG, SHP, GEOJSON) for interoperability.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Collection Method

Community mapping and contributions to OpenStreetMap.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 19:51:59.634351; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Peru.