Transboundary aquifers (Libya)

Water resources and water infrastructure in Libya including rivers, lakes, boreholes, wells and water points. Use this layer for water access analysis, WASH programme planning, drought monitoring, flood risk assessment, and water resource management.

This dataset provides global sub-basin boundaries at Pfafstetter Level 6, derived from the HydroSHEDS (Hydrological data and maps based on Shuttle Elevation Derivatives at Multiple Scales) database. **Data creation:** 2026-09-10 **Contact points:** Resource Contact: [Fabien Lezeau](mailto:fabien.lezeau@fao.org) **Data lineage:** Lehner, B., Verdin, K., Jarvis, A. (2008). New global hydrography derived from spaceborne elevation data. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 89(10): 93–94. **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-4.0). **Online resources:** waterbaselinedata_watershed

This dataset contains the following administrative boundaries: ADM0, ADM1. Produced and maintained since 2017, the geoBoundaries Global Database of Political Administrative Boundaries Database www.geoboundaries.org is an open license, standardized resource of boundaries (i.e., state, county) for every country in the world.

Rivers, streams and drainage network of Libya showing the extent and hierarchy of surface water features. Use this layer for watershed analysis, flood modelling, irrigation planning, water resource mapping, and environmental impact assessment.

Parcel delineation for Agricultural settlements part of the OSRO project. Tahala, Muzruq, Brak Ashkeda, Al-Fajijm Ghadwa and Sebha. **Data publication:** 2026-09-07 **Contact points:** Metadata Contact: [Fabien Lezeau](mailto:Fabien.Lezeau@fao.org) **Data lineage:** The parcel were delineated in OpenStreetMap using Maxar imagery from 2023. **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-4.0) **Online resources:**

geoBoundaries ADM1 boundaries for Libya: 22 units, representing 2021. Source: Natural Earth.