Links to datasets

This page provides links to various GIS datasets or portals that serve river related data

Region	Provider	Description	Link
Amazon		A DEM derived river network for the Amazon basin.
Canada		The National Hydro Network of Canada. You can download detailed river networks in a variety of formats.
Europe		AMBER is a project seeking to apply adaptive management to the operation of barriers in European rivers to achieve a more effective and efficient restoration of stream connectivity.
Europe		The CCM2 database covers the entire European continent, including the Atlantic islands, Iceland and Turkey. It includes a hierarchical set of river segments and catchments based on the Strahler order, a lake layer and structured hydrological feature codes based on the Pfafstetter system.
Global		The ESRI ArcGIS Living Atlas portal provides access to national river networks for a variety of countries.
Global		You can download global or regional river networks generated from elevation data obtained during a Space Shuttle flight for NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Developed by the World Wildlife Fund in partnership with USGS, CIAT, TNC and CESR.
UK	Open Rivers Network (ORN)	A topologically corrected river network for Great Britain built from the OS Open Rivers.
UK		The Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) is a UK community-led approach that engages people and groups from across society to help improve the water environments. It's website has a comprehensive data portal providing access to various UK river related datasets.
UK		The UK mapping agency provide a free to use but generalised river network of Great Britain called Open Rivers. A more comprehensive and detailed network is the OS WaterLayer. This product contains a nationally consistent view of Great Britain's watercourses.
USA		The North American national river network. You can download detailed river networks for all States of N. America.
S. Africa		The website where you can download the 1:500K river network of South Africa.
SE. Asia		The Open Development Initiative Mekong portal provides links to river networks of six countries. Simply search the DataHub for "River Networks" for the country of interest.