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Free-flowing Rivers of the World

Grill et al. (2019). River connectivity status for 12 million km of rivers.

HydroRIVERS reaches scored by a connectivity status index that combines fragmentation by dams, flow regulation, sediment trapping, water consumption, road construction and urban areas. Reaches are marked free-flowing, good connectivity or impacted.

Source
HydroSHEDS (WWF and McGill University), McGill University
Resolution
Lines (HydroRIVERS reaches)
Data type
Lines
Time span
Static (about 2017)
Temporal
Static
Access type
Direct download (external)
Formats
Shapefile, File geodatabase
Coverage
Global land (-180, -56, 180, 84)
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Provider page
doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7688801

Cite as. Grill, G., et al. (2019). Mapping the world's free-flowing rivers. Nature, 569, 215–221. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1111-9

Access

linkData and technical documentation (figshare)

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7688801

curl "https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/free-flowing-rivers/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

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