Hydrology

River basin maps, discharge data, surface and ground water, water quality of wetlands and lakes.

Organisation

Region

Description

Access

Bulgarian National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology

Bulgaria

Hydrological forecasts and operational hydrological data for water management and flood prevention.

view online diagrams, maps

Center for Sustainability and Global Environment

global

River Discharge Database.

download, view

Environmental Change Network

UK

UK terrestrial and freshwater datasets.

request

Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland

Ireland

Freshwater quality database stores comprehensive data on the quality of inland waters.

detailed map

Gemstat

global, per country

Global water quality and statistics per country.

view graphs

Global Hyrdology Resource Center

global

Datasets from experiments and projects, accessible through lists and search form.

register and order

Global Ocean Data Analysis Project

global, Oceans

Gridded and bottle data for Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean.

download

Global Runoff Data Centre

global

Global river discharge data.

order for free

Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

global

Global lakes and wetlands database, irrigation and drainage maps.

links

IELC World Lake Database

global, per country

Datasets for lakes listed by country, name or dataset.

download

Japan Oceanographic Data Center

Pacific Ocean

North Pacific Process Study Data Set.

request free of charge

Japan Oceanographic Data Center

Japan, international

JODC receives worldwide physical-chemical oceanographic data from government agencies, academic institutes, and other organizations.

free download

METEO.RU

Russia

River discharge data, oceanographic data, sea levels and ship measurements.

contact

R-HydroNet

South America, Central America Caribbeans, per country

Topological networks and river basin data and maps, precipitation, discharge data and air temperatures.

maps, download

University of New Hampshire

global

Global river discharge database.

request

USGS National Hydrography Dataset

USA

A few links to dataset pages on US watersheds.

links

USGS National Water Quality Assessment Data Warehouse

USA

Surface water, ground water and discharge data.

view and download tables

USGS Water Resources

USA

Surface water, ground water, water quality, flood and real-time data for the USA.

maps, tables