Uruguay Waterways from OpenStreetMap for Flood Risk Modelling
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Description
OpenStreetMap exports provide water features across Uruguay, including rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote ones.
Use Cases
Flood-risk modelling based on the spatial distribution of rivers, streams, and water bodies.
Watershed analysis using the network of waterways and natural water features.
Creating an environmental context basemap for regional planning from the aggregated OSM water data.
Strengths
Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
The dataset is derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Completeness varies by region, with remote areas likely being less complete than urban ones.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
OpenStreetMap
Collection Method
Volunteer-contributed mapping and export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-15 10:38:13.011363; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Uruguay
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.