GRDC-Caravan Extension

Large-sample datasets are essential in hydrological science to support modelling studies and global assessments. This dataset is an extension to Caravan, a global community dataset of meteorological forcing data, catchment attributes, and discharge data for catchments around the world (Kratzert et al. 2023).

The extension includes a subset of those hydrological discharge data and station-based watersheds from the Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC), which are covered by an open data policy (Attribution 4.0 International; CC BY 4.0). In total, the dataset covers stations from 5356 catchments and 25 countries worldwide with a time series record from 1950 – 2023.

Publication:

https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/4613/2025/essd-17-4613-2025.html

Link to the dataset:

https://zenodo.org/records/10074416

Preview of stations:

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