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Global hydrological dataset of daily streamflow data from the Reference Observatory of Basins for INternational hydrological climate change detection (ROBIN), 1
The Reference Observatory of Basins for INternational hydrological climate change detection (ROBIN) dataset is a global hydrological dataset containing publicly available daily flow data for 2,386 gauging stations across the globe which have natural or near-natural catchments. Metadata is also provided alongside these stations for the Full ROBIN Dataset consisting of 3,060 gauging stations. Data were quality controlled by the central ROBIN team before being added to the dataset, and two levels o
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What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- daily streamflow · station metadata (Full ROBIN set, 3,060 stations)
- Coverage docs-verified
- Global · 1863-01-01 to 2022-12-31
- Resolution docs-verified
- Daily time step at gauging stations (point locations)
- Formats docs-verified
- CSV
- Access docs-verified
- Open Government Licence; whole dataset downloadable as a zip package
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Benchmark near-natural flow regimes for climate change detection in UK flood risk assessments · Hydrological model calibration or validation inputs for overseas water resources projects · Trend and variability analysis of observed streamflow to support climate change allowances
- Audience llm-inferred
- hydrologists · flood consultants · water resources engineers · climate change researchers
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Stations are limited to natural or near-natural catchments, so results may not represent heavily modified UK catchments · Most records are at least 40 years long, but some sites have shorter or gappier records · Time series end on 2022-12-31, so the dataset is not current · Citation required in any publication that uses the data
- Licence
- Open government licence
- Authentication
- Unknown — review source docs
- GitHub stars
- Unknown
- Last commit
- Unknown
- Last successful page check
- 16/10/2026
- Page health
- healthy
- Package
- Not recorded
- Verification
- Not independently verified
Provenance & evidence
Listed in ukceh-eidc public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: sweep-2026-10-16 (ukceh-eidc)