HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Global)

Name: HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Global)
Creator: WWF / McGill University (HydroSHEDS)
License: https://www.hydrosheds.org/products/hydrorivers

WWF / McGill University (HydroSHEDS)

License: See publisher
Commercial: Yes
Format: Shapefile, Several
Coverage: Global
Resolution: 15 arc-seconds
Projection: EPSG:4326 · WGS 84

Last updated: Added to findgis 31 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Static

Source and attribution

Publisher

WWF / McGill University (HydroSHEDS)

License

Commercial use: Yes
Attribution required: Yes
Modification allowed: See publisher
Redistribution allowed: See publisher
Share-alike: See publisher

HydroSHEDS licence agreement (HydroSHEDS Technical Documentation v1.4, Exhibit A), which the product page says applies: “freely available for scientific, educational and commercial use. The data are distributed under the same license agreement as the HydroSHEDS core products”. Not a Creative Commons licence. §2.1.2: the data may be distributed only incorporated into derivative works, and “In no event shall Licensee license or distribute the Licensed Materials as a stand-alone product”; §2.2 requires the Exhibit B attributions.Commercial use is allowed, but the HydroSHEDS licence agreement (§2.1.2) bars distributing the files as a stand-alone product; redistribution only inside derivative works, with the Exhibit B attributions.License text

Region

Global

Type

Vector

Download

Global river network (Shapefile zip, 544 MB)Global river network (file geodatabase zip, 618 MB)

Extent

-180-9018090West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.

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HydroRIVERS v1.0 (Global)

Source and attribution

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