Bangladesh Rivers (Watercourses) - HDX
Humanitarian Data Exchange dataset of Bangladesh river/watercourse line features (OpenStreetMap-derived, regularly refreshed) usable for hydrology, flood mapping and basin GIS work. Downloadable as geospatial files.
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At a glance
- Region
- Bangladesh (Asia)
- Coverage
- Bangladesh (national)
- Access
- Free
- Category
- UN Organization
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- Rivers
- Geospatial
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
- 02
Low flows
Set environmental flows and check what is left in the river in a dry year.
- 03
Hazard maps
Map flood-prone areas and who and what is exposed.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
- 02
Ungauged basins
Combine with catchment data to estimate flow where there is no gauge.
- 03
Flood extent from SAR
Segment flooded areas in radar imagery, even through cloud.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
HDX CKAN API; downloadable vector files
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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