Niger-HYCOS Hydrological Information System (Niger Basin Authority)
Dedicated hydrological data portal of the Niger Basin Authority (ABN/NBA) disseminating near-real-time and historical river flow and water-level data from ~105 hydrometric stations across the 9 Niger Basin countries. Distinct from the ABN institutional homepage already listed.
nigerhycos.abn.ne
At a glance
- Region
- Niger (Africa)
- Coverage
- Basin-wide
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Regional
What's inside
- Streamflow
- Water Levels
- Hydrology
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
Storage tracking
Follow storage and releases through the season.
Because it has: Water Levels
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
Storage from space
Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.
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