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GOODD Dams

GlObal geOreferenced Database of Dams. More than 38,000 dams digitised from satellite imagery.

Dams of all sizes, including many small ones missing from GRanD, each with its upstream catchment boundary.

Source
Global Dam Watch
Resolution
Points and catchments
Data type
Points
Time span
Static
Temporal
Static
Access type
Direct download (external)
Formats
Shapefile
Coverage
Global (-180, -90, 180, 90)
Licence
See provider terms
Provider page
www.globaldamwatch.org/goodd

Cite as. Mulligan, M., van Soesbergen, A., Sáenz, L. (2020). GOODD, a global dataset of more than 38,000 georeferenced dams. Scientific Data, 7, 31. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0362-5

Access

linkDownload from Global Dam Watch

https://www.globaldamwatch.org/goodd

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

Also available as JSON: links · manifest · dataset record