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status](https://github.com/jsta/limnology_models_data/workflows/awesome_bot/badge.svg) [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)\n\n## Databases\n\n### International\n[Wikipedia Lists of Lakes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_lakes) [:package:](https://github.com/jsta/wikilake)\n\n[HydroLAKES](https://www.hydrosheds.org/pages/hydrolakes) [:package:](https://github.com/lawinslow/hydrolinks)\n\n[HydroATLAS](https://www.hydrosheds.org/page/hydroatlas) \n\n[World Lake Database](http://wldb.ilec.or.jp/)\n\n[GloboLakes: high-resolution global limnology dataset](http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/6be871bc-9572-4345-bb9a-2c42d9d85ceb)\n\n[Global Lakes and Wetlands Database](https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/global-lakes-and-wetlands-database) [:package:](https://github.com/jsta/glwdr) (GLWD)\n\n[Global Lake area, Climate, and Population dataset](https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/834e2d4e8ee7eb2fa9a5a5b32d759683) (GLCP)\n\n[Global Reservoir and Dam Database](https://doi.org/10.7927/H4HH6H08) (GranD)\n\n[Dams, lakes and reservoirs database](http://wwdrii.sr.unh.edu/) (World Water Development Report II) \n\n[Database for Hydrological Time Series of Inland Waters](http://dahiti.dgfi.tum.de/en/) (DAHITI) [:package:](https://github.com/DHI-GRAS/dahiti)\n\n[StreamPULSE: High frequency stream metabolism data](https://data.streampulse.org/)\n\n[GEMS-GLORI world river discharge database](https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.804574)\n\n[Greenhouse gas emissions from lakes and impoundments (Delsontro et al. 2018)](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5220001)\n\n[Global Lake and River Ice Phenology Database](https://nsidc.org/data/lake_river_ice/)\n\n[Global Surface Water Dataset](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20584) (GSW)\n\n[Global Reservoir Surface Area Dataset](https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/DF80WG) (GRSAD)\n\n[Global Reservoir Geometry Database](https://zenodo.org/record/1322884#.XCzl4lxKiUk) (ReGeomData)\n\n[Near-global environmental information for freshwater ecosystems in 1km resolution](https://www.earthenv.org/streams) (EarthEnv)\n\n[Reservoir and Lake Surface Area Timeseries](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4118463) (ReaLSAT)\n\n[Global River Chemistry Database](https://www.geo.uni-hamburg.de/en/geologie/forschung/aquatische-geochemie/glorich.html) (GLORICH)\n\n[Global Water Chemistry Database](https://www.geo.uni-hamburg.de/en/geologie/forschung/aquatische-geochemie/glowachem.html) (GLOWACHEM)\n\n[Global Reservoirs and Lakes Monitor](https://ipad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/global_reservoir/) (G-REALM)\n\n[Time series of water levels in the rivers and lakes around the world](https://www.theia-land.fr/en/hydroweb/) (Hydroweb)\n\n[Global Georeferenced Database of Dams](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4648214.v1) (GOODD)\n\n[Global River Widths from Landsat Database](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1269594) (GRWL) \n\n[River and Reservoir Watch](https://floodobservatory.colorado.edu/)\n\n[Simulated Topological Networks](https://wsag.unh.edu/Stn-30/stn-30.html) (STN)\n\n[Lake origin/formation classifications (Sharma and Bryne. 2011)](https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049577) See supplement(s)\n\n[Global Streamflow Indices and Metadata Archive](https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887470) (GSIM)\n\n[Geonames](http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/)\n\n[Global River Water Quality Archive](https://doi.org/10.23673/re-273) (GRQA)\n\n[Global Lake Level Database](https://github.com/ESIPFed/Global-Lake-Level-Database) (GLLD)\n\n[Global database on dissolved carbon in soil solution](https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.911161) (Langeveld et al. 2020)\n\n[the Global Lakes Bathymetry Dataset](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5243309.v1) (GLOBathy)\n\n[Georeferenced global Dams And Reservoirs](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6163412) (GeoDAR)\n\n[The global river database of methane concentrations and fluxes](https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-346) (GRiMeDB)\n\n[Hydrography90m](https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-4525-2022)\n\n[ASTER Global Water Bodies Database](https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/astwbdv001/) (ASTWBD)\n\n[Global Lakes Database](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7016548) (GLAKES)\n\n[The Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset](https://doi.org/10.18739/A2C824F9X) (BAWLD)\n\n[The pan-Arctic catchment database](https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-541-2023) (ARCADE)\n\n[Wetland Area and Dynamics for Methane Modeling](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5553187) (WAD2M)\n\n[Water bodies for the tundra and boreal biomes in North America](https://doi.org/10.11888/Hydro.tpdc.271021) (WBD-NAHL)\n\n[circum-Arctic Permafrost Region Pond and Lake database](https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.868349) (PeRL)\n\n[A database of chlorophyll and water chemistry in freshwater lakes](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00648-2)\n\n[the SWOT River Database](http://gaia.geosci.unc.edu/SWORD/) (SWORD)\n\n[Global Dam Tracker](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02008-2) (GDAT)\n\n[Global lake drainage topology and catchment database](https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3483-2023) (Lake-TopoCat)\n\n[Water storage dynamics for 27 000 lakes globally](https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-201-2024) (GloLakes)\n\n[Surface water temperature observations and ice phenology estimations](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114164) (LakeTEMP)\n\n[Global Reservoir Inventory of Lost Storage by Sedimentation](https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/W4UG8) (GRILSS)\n\n\n### USA\n\n[USA National Lakes Assessment](https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/nla) [:package:](https://github.com/jsta/nlaR) (NLA)\n\n[USA National Eutrophication Survey](https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2017-52) [:package:](https://github.com/jsta/nesRdata) (NES)\n\n[USA National Hydography Dataset](https://www.usgs.gov/national-hydrography/national-hydrography-dataset) [:package:](https://github.com/jsta/nhdR) (NHD)\n\n[USA National Inventory of Dams](https://nid.sec.usace.army.mil/#/) [:package:](https://github.com/jsta/dams) (NID)\n\n[USA National Water Information System](https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis) [:package:](https://github.com/USGS-R/dataRetrieval) (NWIS)\n\n[USA Geographic Names Information System](https://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/) (GNIS)\n\n[American Rivers Dam Removal List](https://www.americanrivers.org/threats-solutions/restoring-damaged-rivers/dam-removal-map/)\n\n[USGS Dam Removal Science Database](https://doi.org/10.5066/P9IGEC9G)\n\n[A Reservoir Morphology Database for the Conterminous United States](https://doi.org/10.5066/F7GF0RQZ)\n\n[National Water-Quality Assessment Program](http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2005/152) (NAWQA)\n\n[The Hydro Network-Linked Data Index](https://github.com/ACWI-SSWD/nldi-services/blob/master/README.md) (NLDI)\n\n[Dam Metrics Representing Stream Fragmentation and Flow Alteration](https://doi.org/10.5066/F7FN14C5)\n\n[National Anthropogenic Barrier Dataset](https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/56a7f9dce4b0b28f1184dabd) (NABD)\n\n[National Surface Water Survey](https://archive.epa.gov/emap/archive-emap/web/html/els.html) [:package:](https://github.com/jsta/nsws) (NSWS)\n\n[Changes in anthropogenic influences on streams and rivers in the conterminous U.S. over the last 40 years](https://doi.org/10.5066/F7XW4J1J)\n\n[Lotic Intersite Nitrogen eXperiment II (LINX II): nitrate uptake and retention in 72 streams across 8 different biomes (2003 – 2006).](https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/eac34b6c1cfb0268dd76ef68a7a90bfc)\n\n[AquaSat: A Data Set to Enable Remote Sensing of Water Quality for Inland Waters](https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/AquaSat/8139383)\n\n[CAMELS: Large-Sample Hydrometeorological Dataset](https://ncar.github.io/hydrology/datasets/CAMELS_timeseries)\n\n[SPARROW: simulated streamflow, nutrient and suspended-sediment loads in the United States](https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/water-resources/science/sparrow-mappers?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects)\n\n[Database for hydrometeorological modeling of 14,425 North American watersheds](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12600281.v1) (HYSETS)\n\n[Geospatial Attributes of Gages for Evaluating Streamflow](https://doi.org/10.3133/70046617) (GAGES-II)\n\n[Hydropower Infrastructure - LAkes, Reservoirs, and RIvers](https://doi.org/10.21951/HILARRI/1781642) (HILARRI)\n\n[CAMELS with Atmospheric and Stream Water Chemistry Data](https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2022-81) (CAMELS-Chem)\n\n[Historical reservoir operations in the contiguous United States](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5367382) (ResOpsUS)\n\n[Benchmark dataset for lake water quality time series and vertical profiles](https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-3141-2025) (LakeBeD-US)\n\n\n### Canada\n\n[Canada Hydro Features Database](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/9d96e8c9-22fe-4ad2-b5e8-94a6991b744b) (Canvec) [:package:](https://github.com/paleolimbot/rcanvec)\n\n[National Water Data Archive](http://collaboration.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/hydrometrics/www/) (HYDAT) [:package:](https://github.com/ropensci/tidyhydat)\n\n[IceWatch](https://www.naturewatch.ca/icewatch/)\n\n### China\n\n[Reservoir dataset in China](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7664489) (Res-CN)\n\n[High Resolution Water Quality Dataset of Chinese Lakes and Reservoirs from 2000 to 2023](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.27626286.v2)\n\n### Europe\n\n[European Environment Agency - Waterbase](http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/waterbase-water-quality/) (EEA)\n\n[Water Framework Directive - Catchment Data Explorer](https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/) [:package:](https://github.com/robbriers/cde)\n\n[European Multi Lake Survey](https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.226)\n\n[Adaptive Management of Barriers in European Rivers](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12629051) (AMBER Barrier Atlas)\n\n\n### UK\n\n[UK - Water Framework Directive - Waterbodies](https://data.gov.uk/dataset/wfd-lake-waterbodies-cycle-21) (WFD)\n\n[UK Lakes Portal](https://eip.ceh.ac.uk/apps/lakes)\n\n[Environment Agency - Water Quality Archive](https://environment.data.gov.uk/water-quality/view/doc/reference)\n\n[UK National River Flow Archive](https://nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/) (NRFA) [:package:](https://github.com/cvitolo/rnrfa)\n\n\n### Sweden\n\n[Water Information System Sweden](http://viss.lansstyrelsen.se/Maps.aspx)\n\n[Swedish Lake Register](https://vattenwebb.smhi.se/svarwebb/)\n\n[SLU - long-term monitoring of lakes](https://miljodata.slu.se/MVM/Search)\n\n\n### Switzerland\n\n[National long-term surveillance of Swiss rivers](https://doi.org/10.25678/0002A0) (NADUF)\n\n### Netherlands\n\n[Rijkswaterstaat (\"National Waterlevels\")](https://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/water/waterdata-en-waterberichtgeving/waterdata)\n\n### Regional\n\n#### North America\n\n[North American River Width Data Set](http://gaia.geosci.unc.edu/NARWidth/index.html#overview) (NARWidth)\n\n#### Connecticut\n\n[Connecticut Lake Bathymetry Contours](http://cteco.uconn.edu/guides/Lake_Bathymetry.htm)\n\n#### Florida\n\n[DBHYDRO](https://www.sfwmd.gov/science-data/dbhydro) [:package:](https://github.com/ropensci/dbhydroR)\n\n#### Minnesota\n\n[MN DNR](http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/index.html) (LakeFinder)\n\n[Lake Bathymetric Outlines, Contours, Vegetation, and DEM](https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/water-lake-bathymetry)\n\n#### New York\n\n[Adirondack Lakes Survey](http://www.adirondacklakessurvey.org/historic.php) (ALS)\n\n#### Ontario\n\n[Provincial (Stream) Water Quality Monitoring Network](https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/provincial-stream-water-quality-monitoring-network)\n\n#### Oregon\n\n[Atlas of Oregon Lakes](https://oregonlakesatlas.org)\n\n#### Wisconsin\n\n[WI DNR](http://dnr.wi.gov/lakes)\n\n#### Vermont\n\n[VT DEC](https://dec.vermont.gov/watershed/lakes-ponds)\n\n#### Eastern US\n\n[Lake multi-scaled geospatial and temporal database](https://lagoslakes.org) (LAGOSNE) [:package:](https://github.com/cont-limno/LAGOSNE)\n\n#### Western US\n\n[Georeferenced Lake Nutrient Chemistry Database](https://figshare.com/articles/GLNC_Database_January_2017/4578544) (GLNC)\n\n#### British Columbia\n\n[BC Freshwater Atlas](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/geographic-data-services/topographic-data/freshwater) [:package:](https://github.com/poissonconsulting/fwabc)\n\n## Models\n\n[Advanced Lake Biogeochemistry Model](https://github.com/tanzeli1982/ALBM) (ALBM)\n\n[AQUASIM](http://www.eawag.ch/en/department/siam/software/)\n\n[ATS](https://github.com/amanzi/ats)\n\n[CaMa-Flood](http://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~yamadai/cama-flood/)\n\n[CE-QUAL-W2](http://www.ce.pdx.edu/w2/)\n\n[Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code](https://www.epa.gov/exposure-assessment-models/environment-fluid-dynamics-code-efdc-download-page) (EFDC)\n\n[Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code+](https://github.com/dsi-llc/EFDCPlus_Stable) (EFDC+)\n\n[General Lake Model](http://aed.see.uwa.edu.au/research/models/GLM/) (GLM) [:package:](https://github.com/GLEON/GLM3r)\n\n[Hydrologic Engineering Center's River Analysis System](https://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-ras/) (HEC-RAS)\n\n[HYdrological Predictions for the Environment](https://sourceforge.net/projects/hype/files/) (HYPE)\n\n[Landlab](https://github.com/landlab/landlab)\n\n[LAKE](https://mathmod.org/lake/)\n\n[MyLake](https://github.com/biogeochemistry/MyLake_public) [:package:](https://github.com/aemon-j/MyLakeR)\n\n[Parflow](https://github.com/parflow/parflow)\n\n[Precipitation Runoff Modeling System](https://www.usgs.gov/software/precipitation-runoff-modeling-system-prms) (PRMS)\n\n[Raven Hydrological Modelling Framework](http://raven.uwaterloo.ca/Main.html) [:package:](https://github.com/CSHS-CWRA/RavenPy)\n\n[Simstrat](https://github.com/Eawag-AppliedSystemAnalysis/Simstrat) [:package:](https://github.com/aemon-j/SimstratR)\n\n[SPARROW](https://github.com/USGS-R/RSPARROW) [:package:](https://github.com/USGS-R/RSPARROW)\n\n[Variable Infiltration Capacity Model](https://github.com/UW-Hydro/VIC) (VIC)\n\n[Water Ecosystems Tool](http://projects.au.dk/wet/about-wet/) (WET, GOTM-FABM-PCLake)\n\n[the Wetland DEM Ponding Model](https://github.com/CentreForHydrology/WDPM) (WDPM)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fjsta%2Flimnology_models_data","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fjsta%2Flimnology_models_data","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fjsta%2Flimnology_models_data/lists"}