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AIKosh - Waterbodies and Reservoir Network Dataset (CoRE Stack)

National waterbodies and reservoir network dataset based on India's Census of Water Bodies, giving number, type and distribution of water bodies to support river-basin planning, irrigation infrastructure assessment and surface-water/storage analysis. Hosted on IndiaAI's AIKosh.

aikosh.indiaai.gov.in

At a glance

Region
India (Asia)
Coverage
India (national)
Access
Free
Category
Government
Last updated
2025

What's inside

  • Water bodies
  • Reservoirs
  • Geospatial

Terms explained

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    Storage tracking

    Follow storage and releases through the season.

    Because it has: Reservoirs

  2. 02

    Change over time

    See how lakes and wetlands have grown or shrunk.

  3. 03

    Irrigation scheduling

    Decide when and how much to irrigate.

Where AI adds value

Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.

  1. 01

    Storage from space

    Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.

  2. 02

    Release decisions

    Optimise releases against inflow forecasts.

  3. 03

    Field-scale ET

    Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.

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