Nigeria Water Resources Atlas

Rivers, dams, lakes, wetlands, groundwater and flood watch · 36 states and the FCT

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Choose an area, the layers you want and a file format. Files open in QGIS, ArcGIS and most GIS software. Everything is prepared in your browser.

1. Area of interest

A state A river basin A local government area Draw on the map Upload a boundary All of Nigeria

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GeoJSON, or a zipped shapefile, with polygons in WGS 84 (EPSG:4326).

2. Layers

3. Format

Features that touch the area are included whole (not clipped). Coordinates are WGS 84 (EPSG:4326). The ZIP includes a README with each layer’s source, licence and retrieval date. Ramsar wetlands are exported as points because WDPA boundaries may not be redistributed. GeoPackage is not offered yet.