Turkmenistan Waterways from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data provides water features across Turkmenistan, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and water bodies. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exports this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Flood-risk modelling based on the spatial distribution of rivers and streams.
• Watershed analysis based on the network of waterways and water bodies.
• Creating environmental basemap context for Turkmenistan based on lakes, ponds, and canals.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• It was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15.

Geography

Turkmenistan