This guide defines hydrography data as the mapping of bodies of water and the land surrounding them.
Please apply the search strategies outlined in Introduction to Finding GIS Data with the keywords below to help orchestrate a search to find datasets related to hydrography.
Keywords: aquatic, maritime, ocean, sea, river, lake, marine, nautical, coastal, littoral
"The Allen Coral Atlas maps the world’s coral reefs and monitors their threats to provide actionable data and a shared understanding of coastal ecosystems." Partners of the project can be found here.
"It provides free, regular, and systematic authoritative information on the state of the Blue (physical), White (sea ice), and Green (biogeochemical) ocean, on a global and regional scale. It is funded by the European Commission (EC) and implemented by Mercator Ocean International."
Collection of international datasets on marine geography, biology, and oceanography. Countries involved in this agency can be found here.
Uses remote sensing data for detecting plastic in our oceans. Funded by the European Space Agency.
Datasets about seas and oceans collected by Pan-European agencies, managed by SeaDataNet, EMODnet, and Copernicus CMEMS.
"Sites with real-time or recent surface-water, groundwater, or water-quality data." Information is provided by the U.S. Geological Survey as well as state and local organizations that report to them.
The World Ocean Database is an archive of "atmospheric, coastal, geophysical, and oceanic research", with information updated quarterly. Data is provided by the National Center for Environmental Information.