HydroRIVERS and HydroBASINS regional hydrography collections

Original titleHydroRIVERS and HydroBASINS Vector Catchment and River Reach Dataset for South Asia

Original HydroRIVERS/HydroBASINS pages establish public Asian river/basin data. Retain the collection and verified HydroBASINS endpoint; the alleged GeoPackage path is unsupported, and continental layers are not already clipped to Trishuli.

Status
Included
Provider
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) & McGill University
Resource type
Baseline Hydrography Dataset
Evidence class
Global River And Basin Baseline

Completed catalogue assessment

Eligibility decision
Include · Include
Assessment date
28 September 2026
Decision reason
Original HydroRIVERS/HydroBASINS pages establish public Asian river/basin data. Retain the collection and verified HydroBASINS endpoint; the alleged GeoPackage path is unsupported, and continental layers are not already clipped to Trishuli.
Metadata corrections
["Replace GeoPackage/Trishuli-clipped descriptions with documented format and extent; HydroRIVERS derives from 15-arcsecond hydrography."]

View the complete assessment and exclusion ledger.

Identity and coverage

Catalogue identifier
rec_d4bc5efa-12de-5612-3456-789a01234511
Original-title language
English
English-title status
Not applicable
Persistent identifier
Not stated
Resource version
Not stated
Publication date
Not stated
Last updated
Not stated
Metadata reviewed
28 September 2026
Language
English
Geographic coverage
Transboundary Trishuli / Gandaki basin (Tibet, China and central Nepal).
Bounding box (WGS 84)
Not stated
Temporal coverage
Not stated; Hydrological Baseline Reference.
Themes
Not stated

Method and provenance

Production method
Not stated
Provenance
Original HydroRIVERS/HydroBASINS pages establish public Asian river/basin data. Retain the collection and verified HydroBASINS endpoint; the alleged GeoPackage path is unsupported, and continental layers are not already clipped to Trishuli.
Validation
Not Performed By Catalogue Review
Uncertainty
Catalogue eligibility does not establish scientific validation.
Limitations
Free under provider terms; original vector formats and regional coverage must be retained. HydroSHEDS licence agreement, not blanket CC BY 4.0.

Access and reuse

Access
Source Specific Conditions; open access route
Licence
Not verified
Redistribution
Metadata and links only; third-party files are not redistributed
Catalogue status
Included

Assets

1 asset

Authoritative metadata sources

Spatial extent

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