Water Bodies

Name: Ghana Water Bodies
Creator: OpenStreetMap contributors
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/

Named rivers, lakes and other water bodies in Ghana. Derived from OpenStreetMap. 4455 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 26, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 26, 2026GH₵49.004,455 recordsWater

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
name	TEXT
water_type	TEXT
intermittent	BOOLEAN
region	TEXT
district	TEXT
locality	TEXT
latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
phone	TEXT
website	TEXT
osm_id	TEXT
source	TEXT

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First 5 rows of Water Bodies
nameTEXT	water typeTEXT	intermittentBOOLEAN	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	localityTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	phoneTEXT	websiteTEXT	osm idTEXT	sourceTEXT
—	Water	—	Greater Accra Region	Ningo/prampram	—	5.754597	0.182568	—	—	way/4177891	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Pra River	River	—	Western Region	Wassa East	—	5.132924	-1.633839	—	—	way/4182675	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
—	River	—	Northern Region	Sagnerigu	—	9.477052	-0.848852	—	—	way/4816080	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
—	River	—	Greater Accra Region	Ablekuma North Municipal	—	5.569147	-0.218157	—	—	way/11789642	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
—	River	—	Greater Accra Region	Ablekuma Central Municipal	—	5.547785	-0.225517	—	—	way/11790227	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

nameTEXT	water typeTEXT	intermittentBOOLEAN	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	localityTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	phoneTEXT	websiteTEXT	osm idTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-water_type-1	true	example-region-1	example-district-1	example-locality-1	10	10	example-phone-1	example-website-1	10	example-source-1
example-name-2	example-water_type-2	false	example-region-2	example-district-2	example-locality-2	20	20	example-phone-2	example-website-2	20	example-source-2
example-name-3	example-water_type-3	true	example-region-3	example-district-3	example-locality-3	30	30	example-phone-3	example-website-3	30	example-source-3
example-name-4	example-water_type-4	false	example-region-4	example-district-4	example-locality-4	40	40	example-phone-4	example-website-4	40	example-source-4
example-name-5	example-water_type-5	true	example-region-5	example-district-5	example-locality-5	50	50	example-phone-5	example-website-5	50	example-source-5
example-name-6	example-water_type-6	false	example-region-6	example-district-6	example-locality-6	60	60	example-phone-6	example-website-6	60	example-source-6
example-name-7	example-water_type-7	true	example-region-7	example-district-7	example-locality-7	70	70	example-phone-7	example-website-7	70	example-source-7
example-name-8	example-water_type-8	false	example-region-8	example-district-8	example-locality-8	80	80	example-phone-8	example-website-8	80	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/water_bodies

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 26, 2026from the source
Covers: A snapshotas of Sep 26, 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026had warnings
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (OpenStreetMap contributors). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 26, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Water bodies (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/water-bodies

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/water_bodies?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/water_bodies?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/water_bodies",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Field

Type

name

TEXT

water_type

TEXT

intermittent

BOOLEAN

region

TEXT

district

TEXT

locality

TEXT

latitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

longitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

phone

TEXT

website

TEXT

osm_id

TEXT

source

TEXT

nameTEXT

water typeTEXT

intermittentBOOLEAN

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

localityTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

phoneTEXT

websiteTEXT

osm idTEXT

sourceTEXT

—

Water

—

Greater Accra Region

Ningo/prampram

—

5.754597

0.182568

—

way/4177891

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Pra River

River

—

Western Region

Wassa East

—

5.132924

-1.633839

—

way/4182675

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

—

River

—

Northern Region

Sagnerigu

—

9.477052

-0.848852

—

way/4816080

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

—

River

—

Greater Accra Region

Ablekuma North Municipal

—

5.569147

-0.218157

—

way/11789642

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

—

River

—

Greater Accra Region

Ablekuma Central Municipal

—

5.547785

-0.225517

—

way/11790227

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

nameTEXT

water typeTEXT

intermittentBOOLEAN

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

localityTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

phoneTEXT

websiteTEXT

osm idTEXT

sourceTEXT

example-name-1

example-water_type-1

true

example-region-1

example-district-1

example-locality-1

example-phone-1

example-website-1

example-source-1

example-name-2

example-water_type-2

false

example-region-2

example-district-2

example-locality-2

example-phone-2

example-website-2

example-source-2

example-name-3

example-water_type-3

true

example-region-3

example-district-3

example-locality-3

example-phone-3

example-website-3

example-source-3

example-name-4

example-water_type-4

false

example-region-4

example-district-4

example-locality-4

example-phone-4

example-website-4

example-source-4

example-name-5

example-water_type-5

true

example-region-5

example-district-5

example-locality-5

example-phone-5

example-website-5

example-source-5

example-name-6

example-water_type-6

false

example-region-6

example-district-6

example-locality-6

example-phone-6

example-website-6

example-source-6

example-name-7

example-water_type-7

true

example-region-7

example-district-7

example-locality-7

example-phone-7

example-website-7

example-source-7

example-name-8

example-water_type-8

false

example-region-8

example-district-8

example-locality-8

example-phone-8

example-website-8

example-source-8

How to cite

API Ghana. (2026). Water bodies (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/water-bodies

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/water_bodies?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/water_bodies?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/water_bodies",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]