GRDC / WMO basins and sub-basins#

grdc-wmo-basins · theme hydro · failing

WMO basins and sub-basins (GRDC, 3rd revised edition): hydrographic regions with their WMO region numbers and drainage areas.

import easysnowdata as esd

aoi = (-121.94, 46.72, -121.54, 46.99)   # Mount Rainier
data = esd.hydro.basins.grdc_wmo(aoi)

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Sources#

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grdc (default)

vector_http

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global

static (2020)

grdc.bafg.de answers HEAD with 400, so the archive is fetched once with a plain GET into the cache and read from there

Where each route points#

grdc — GRDC zip failing

https://grdc.bafg.de/downloads/wmobb_json.zip

Provenance#

Licence · Open (attribution)

Cite the data as

GRDC (2020). WMO Basins and Sub-Basins / Global Runoff Data Centre, 3rd rev. ext. ed. Koblenz: BfG.

Documentation

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