Global, on the native 3 arc-second grid. Built from MERIT DEM and MERIT Hydro (Yamazaki et al., 2017, 2019).
FullBasin
North America and South America, on the native 1 arc-second grid, one continent at a time. The basin and region masks are out; the per-pixel layers follow. Built from HydroSHEDS v2 (Lehner et al., 2022).
What is out on each grid
| What you can get | MERIT Hydro · 90 m | HydroSHEDS v2 · 30 m |
|---|---|---|
| Where it covers | the MERIT Hydro land mask, without gaps | the HydroSHEDS v2 extents released so far: North America (with the Arctic drainage) and South America |
| Which basin a pixel belongs to, and its outlet | Out | Out |
| The flow path from a pixel down to that outlet | Out | Not computed yet |
| What drains into a pixel | Out | Not computed yet |
| What the upstream land is like | Out | Not computed yet |
| How the grid is cut into regions | Out | Out |
| Release these pages describe | 1.1, in development | 1.0 |
| Files and DOI | version 1.0, 142.2 GB in 100 files, 10.5281/zenodo.20344113; the 1.1 archive is being prepared | version 1.0, on its downloads page |
The 30 m build has the basin and region masks for the two continents HydroSHEDS v2 has released; the per-pixel layers follow, and the other continents follow HydroSHEDS.
FullRiver
Where each channel runs, how the reaches connect, and what flows through them. Planned on both grids, like FullBasin.