Rivers

Key: osm_river | Secondary data | Category: Environmental

Indicates whether at least one river or waterway is present within the respective administrative unit. Values are boolean (True/False), derived from a spatial intersection of OpenStreetMap waterway features ("waterway": "river", "natural": "water", "water": "river") with the unit boundary.

This data layer is based on OpenStreetMap data, which is community-contributed and may be incomplete or inconsistent. It indicates presence or absence only and does not capture the size, flow, or significance of waterways. Administrative units partially intersected at their boundary are counted as containing a waterway.

Data Layer information
Source file is available (Show file)
Data is available locally
Data is loaded into the database
Operation spatial intersection
Database unit boolean
Value type binary
Temporal resolution year
Data availability per spatial unit within the integrated time period
Shape type First Last Availability
Country 100.00 %
Region 100.00 %
District 100.00 %
Total 2025 2025 100.00 %

Analytical overview

Source information

[1 of 2] OSMnx library / OpenStreetMap
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Source: OpenStreetMap

Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap via the OSMnx library. OSMnx is an open-source Python library for retrieving, modeling, and analyzing geospatial features from OpenStreetMap. It enables automated and reproducible access to OSM data for research and applied use.

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[2 of 2] Modeling and Analyzing Urban Networks and Amenities With OSMnx
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DOI10.1111/gean.70009

OSMnx is a Python package for downloading, modeling, analyzing, and visualizing urban networks and any other geospatial features from OpenStreetMap data. A large and growing body of literature uses it to conduct scientific studies across the disciplines of geography, urban planning, transport engineering, computer science, and others. The OSMnx project has recently developed and implemented many new features, modeling capabilities, and analytical methods. The package now encompasses substantially more functionality than was previously documented in the literature. This article introduces OSMnx's modern capabilities, usage, and design—in addition to the scientific theory and logic underlying them. It shares lessons learned in geospatial software development and reflects on open science's implications for urban modeling and analysis.

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