Waterways of Syria from OpenStreetMap for Flood Risk Modelling
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6filesGEOPACKAGE
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Description
OpenStreetMap data provides water features across Syria, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exports this data via HDX, last updated on 2026-06-22. Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, which may be sparse in remote areas.
Use Cases
Flood-risk modelling based on the spatial distribution of water bodies.
Watershed analysis based on the network of rivers and streams.
Creating an environmental basemap context based on natural water features.
Strengths
Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, JSON).
Source is OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
License is ODbL-1.0, allowing for sharing and adaptation.
Limitations
Coverage is uneven, with urban areas likely well-represented and remote areas sparse.
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 mapping contributions aggregated by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-06-22 19:11:58.233223
Geography
Syria
License is ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.