Somalia's water features including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds, tagged from OpenStreetMap. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated in June 2026. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, with urban areas typically better represented than remote regions.
Use Cases
- Flood-risk modeling based on mapped waterway and water body locations
- Watershed analysis using the network of rivers and streams
- Creating environmental basemap context for Somalia using natural water features
Strengths
- Derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
- Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
- Last updated on 2026-06-22.
Limitations
- Coverage is uneven, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas potentially sparse.
- Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- OpenStreetMap
- Collection Method
- Volunteer mapping
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-22.
- Geography
- Somalia