Waterways of South Sudan from OpenStreetMap Volunteer Mapping

OpenStreetMap data provides water features across South Sudan, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds. Coverage reflects where volunteer mappers have been active, with urban areas usually well represented and remote areas potentially sparse. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) last updated this export on 2026-06-22.

Use Cases

• Flood-risk modelling based on mapped waterway and water body locations.
• Watershed analysis based on the network of rivers, streams, and canals.
• Creating an environmental basemap context based on natural water features.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Multiple geospatial file formats are available, including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is licensed under the ODbL-1.0 open data license.

Limitations

• Coverage may be sparse in remote areas, reflecting volunteer mapper activity.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer collaborative mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-22 19:03:18.036900

Geography

South Sudan