CGSpace - VegDischarge / Africa hydrology datasets (IWMI/CGIAR)
CGIAR/IWMI open repository item for a foundational SWAT+ hydrological model of the Limpopo River Basin, part of a wider collection of African water datasets (e.g. VegDischarge runoff/discharge across Africa 2000-2021) with downloadable model inputs/outputs and documentation.
cgspace.cgiar.org
At a glance
- Region
- Limpopo Basin / Africa (Africa)
- Coverage
- Regional
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research Institute
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- streamflow
- runoff
- hydrological model
- discharge
Terms explained
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.
Because it has: streamflow
- 02
Low flows
Set environmental flows and check what is left in the river in a dry year.
- 03
Model calibration
Calibrate and test catchment models against observed flow.
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
Automatic QC
Flag gauge errors, shifts and gaps before they reach a report.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
DSpace REST API (cgspace.cgiar.org/server/api)
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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