GRDC Global Sediment Database
Global database of suspended sediment concentrations and fluxes in rivers maintained by the German Federal Institute of Hydrology
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At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global river sediment data
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research Institute
What's inside
- Sediment Transport
- River Data
- Suspended Sediment
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: Sediment Transport
- 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.
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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