Waterways of the United Arab Emirates from OpenStreetMap

Water features across the United Arab Emirates exported from OpenStreetMap. The dataset includes rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and other water bodies tagged with `waterway`, `water`, or `natural=water`. It was last updated on 2026-05-13 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Flood-risk modelling based on the mapped network of rivers and streams.
• Watershed analysis based on the spatial distribution of water bodies.
• Creating environmental basemap context based on the comprehensive water feature tagging.

Strengths

• Covers multiple water feature types including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds.
• Exported from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• 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-contributed mapping and export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 19:30:30.676568

Geography

United Arab Emirates