Data · collection · 2026
Flow Rates of Selected World Rivers
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and National Center for Atmospheric Research — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5065/d6571974
Monthly river flow rate data for most of the globe except former Soviet Union countries (ds553.1) and US (ds550.1).
Description
This compilation was prepared by Byron Bodo (bodo@yesic.com), Feb 2001; it succeeds the May 2000 update. As before, this version is a combination of datasets from UNESCO, WMO GRDC, the RIVDIS by Vorosmarty (1998), and others.
The present set was derived by removing redundant gauge records, correcting ubiquitous errata in discharge data and metadata (river and gauge names, location coordinates, drainage areas), updating or replacing many records with more recently issued versions, and extending records backwards in time with historical data from other sources. Average record length is about 26.7 years. About 2/3 of the records have from 10-100+ years of data.
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Periods: 1807-2000 Updates: irregularly Variables: streamflow Types: hydrology, analyses Coverage: network Sources: UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Volume: 4MB Statistics: average, maximum values, minimum values [
Summary
Extracted from the NCAR/DSS Home Page]
Links
Get the data
- Resource Homepage doi.org/10.5065/d6571974 ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data ucar edu, NASA CMR
- rda.ucar.edu /datasets/d552000 ↗
Monthly Flow Rates of World Rivers (except former Soviet Union)
download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/monthly-flow-rates-of-world-rivers-except-former-sovie… ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Documentation and papers
- VIEW RELATED INFORMATION rda.ucar.edu/datasets/d552000/documentation ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214046636-SCIOPS.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=230319c3-957f-4872-8708-296cc2daf… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214046636-SCIOPS.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Discharge/Flow · FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS · Rivers/Streams · STREAM GAUGES
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
Provenance · 2 source records, 15 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1214046636-SCIOPS | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | 230319c3-957f-4872-8708-296cc2daf729 | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:stream-gauges | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/surface-water-features/rivers-streams | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/surface-water-processes-measurements/discharge-flow | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:fixed-observation-stations | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| publication_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |