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Global Runoff Data Centre archive of river discharge; access subject to station/data terms.

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified
river discharge time series (in-situ, quality assured) · daily discharge for some station datasets (e.g. Climate Sensitive Stations) · Basin Layers geospatial products · Freshwater Fluxes into the World's Oceans product
Coverage docs-verified
Global
Resolution docs-verified
daily discharge for some station datasets (e.g. Climate Sensitive Stations); not stated for the archive as a whole
Access docs-verified
Free web-based selection and download via the GRDC Data Portal; no auth listed; access subject to station/data terms (licence not stated)

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred
Calibrate a hydrological model against observed river discharge for a catchment · Validate remote sensing or model outputs with in-situ flow records · Regional or global catchment flow statistics for water resources assessment · Catchment boundary and basin context from GRDC basin layers
Audience llm-inferred
hydrologists · water resources engineers · flood consultants · GIS analysts · researchers

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred
Access subject to station/data terms; licence not stated in catalogue · No API or MCP tools listed in catalogue · Station coverage and record length vary; UK-specific coverage not stated · Data is discharge-focused; other water quality or groundwater variables not indicated
Licence
Unknown — check provider terms
Authentication
Unknown — review source docs
GitHub stars
Unknown
Last commit
Unknown
Last successful page check
14/10/2026
Page health
healthy
Package
Not recorded
Verification
Not independently verified

Provenance & evidence

Public page checked: HTTP 200. Licence/auth left null where not established.

Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · editorial seed

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