Congo Basin Science Initiative - Data
Congo Basin Science Initiative data resource page offering datasets including river discharge of five Congo Basin rivers, hydrological catchment delineations and Central Congo peatland extent data for the Congo (Congo-Oubangui-Sangha) basin.
congobasinscience.net
At a glance
- Region
- Congo Basin (Africa)
- Coverage
- Transboundary basin
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- river discharge
- catchments
- peatlands
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: river discharge
- 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.
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