Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA)
Nigeria's national hydrological agency providing surface and groundwater data, flood forecasts, annual hydrological yearbooks, and monitoring from 43+ groundwater stations nationwide
nihsa.gov.ng
At a glance
- Region
- Nigeria (Africa)
- Coverage
- National
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
What's inside
- River Flow
- Groundwater Levels
- Flood Forecasts
- Water Quality
- Hydrological Yearbooks
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 Flow
- 02
Low flows
Set environmental flows and check what is left in the river in a dry year.
- 03
Trend hotspots
Find where water tables are falling year after year.
Because it has: Groundwater 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
Gap filling
Rebuild missing well readings from neighbours, rainfall and season.
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