GLORICH - Global River Chemistry Database
University of Hamburg global river chemistry database with 1.27 million samples from ~17,000 sampling locations worldwide. Covers major ions, nutrients (N, P, Si), organic and inorganic carbon, alkalinity, pH, dissolved oxygen, and water temperature, with progressive extension to trace elements. Hosted on PANGAEA.
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At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global (17,000 stations, 1.27M samples)
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research
What's inside
- River Chemistry
- Water Quality
- Nutrients
- Trace Elements
- Large-Sample Hydrology
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hotspots and trends
Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.
Because it has: River Chemistry
- 02
Compliance checks
Compare samples against drinking water and discharge standards.
- 03
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: Large-Sample Hydrology
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Risk maps
Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.
- 02
Anomaly alerts
Catch sudden spikes in sensor or lab data automatically.
- 03
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
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