Relation:waterway
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used for waterways to build a unique object for each river 
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Status: approved
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The purpose of waterway relations is to have an object for each river. Common tags like references, wikipedia pages, and international names only need to be added once. However each segment should still have a tag name=* with the main name to describe the most common local name for each section.
Tags
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| type | waterway | |
| waterway | [river, stream, canal, drain, ditch] | Subtype of the waterway relation similar to waterway=* Hint: If the waterway starts as a stream and becomes larger, then use the tag of the largest waterway (e.g. river). This is purely informational, the stream members still need their own waterway=* tag. |
| name | * | Name of the waterway The international name tags name:en=*, name:de=*, ... are recommended for large waterways. When a river gets multiple names (f.e. because it passes in multiple language regions), use all different names in the name tag, ordered from source to mouth, and split by hyphens. The individual sections can still get their localised name for that section. |
| destination | * (optional) | Name of the river, sea or ocean which this waterway flows into. |
| wikipedia | * (optional) | Links to wikipedia pages |
| wikidata | * (optional) | ID Qxxxx of the waterway in Wikidata |
| length | * (optional) | Total length of the waterway in km (lacks verifiability) |
Reference tags
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| ref | * (optional) | Any kind of reference or use the specialized tags below. (See discussion for more alternatives) |
| ref:sandre | * (optional) | In France you can add the Sandre reference: see French waterways wikiprojet for explanations. Sandre official Website or fr.wikipedia |
| ref:fgkz | * (optional) | In Germany you can add the  FGKZ reference
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| ref:regine | * (optional) | In Norway you can add the regine reference
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| ref:gnis | * (optional) | In USA you can add the gnis reference
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| ref:gnbc | * (optional) | In Canada you can add the gnbc reference
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| ref:gwlnr | * (optional) | In Switzerland you can add the gwlnr reference
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Members
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None ormain_stream
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One or more | Any kind of waterway ways. They usually have a waterway=[river, canal, stream, drain, ditch] tag. |
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side_stream
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Zero or more | waterway=river, waterway=canal, waterway=stream... a branch of main stream that returns to it. |
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spring
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Optional | natural=spring The spring of the river. |
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tributary
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Zero or more | De-facto, has advantages and disadvantages The waterway relations of tributary waterways (i.e. ones whose destination=* are set to the name of the parent). |
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riverbank orwaterbody |
Zero or more | Not approved, not frequently used and controversial - see Talk:Relation:waterway The waterbody (area) of the river. |
See also
- The proposal Relations/Proposed/Waterway
Related pages
- WikiProject_Rivers to organize waterway mappings
- waterway=* for mapping single waterways
- water=* for mapping waterbodies
Tools
- WIWOSM
- displays rivers in wikipedia maps
- Scanner for waterway relations
- “OSM Waterway analyses”.
- Statistic for waterway related relations
- “OSM Relation Hierarchy: planet_waterways”.
- Overpass Turbo query to display the tributaries of a given river
- https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/PFD