Global Dam Watch Database
Global Dam Watch consortium
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- Shapefile, GeoPackage
- Coverage
- Global
- Projection
- EPSG:4326 · WGS 84
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 27 Oct 2026
Global database of dams, reservoirs and barriers.
Source and attribution
- Publisher
- Global Dam Watch consortium
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- Yes
- Modification allowed
- See publisher
- Redistribution allowed
- See publisher
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- Global
- Type
- Vector
- Download
- River barriers (points), reservoirs (polygons) and barrier attribute text file (Shapefile zip, 69.7 MB)Same layers (File geodatabase zip, 57.5 MB)Technical documentation (PDF, 716 KB)
- Extent
- -180-9018090West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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