Potential flow bed from LiDAR

__The link: * Access the data directory is available in the sectionDataset description sheets; Additional information__. Hydrographic derivatives from LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) were produced as part of the provincial LiDAR sensor data acquisition project. These products provide information on the geographical position of water flow beds on the territory as well as their nature (permanent or intermittent watercourse). These layers represent the path that water should take depending on the topography. It is therefore a potential flow bed that does not take into account the nature of the surface deposit or underground pipes. These vector layers are preliminary and do not replace reference hydrographic layers such as the Quebec Hydrographic Network Geobase (GRHQ). They are primarily used to support forest operations. These layers will also be improved over the coming years thanks to a collective effort by two ministries, namely the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests (MRNF) and the Ministry of the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, and Wildlife and Parks (MELCCFP). Data on potential flow beds are distributed, as of March 2022, by water drainage unit (UDH), a division that respects the natural boundaries of the watershed. This division uses the same codes and approximately the same spatial limits of the UDHs of the GRHQ. Data for each UDH is available in Geodatabase (GDB) or GeoPackage (GPKG) format.This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).*

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Last Updated January 16, 2026, 20:45 (UTC)
Created January 16, 2026, 20:45 (UTC)
contains_pii non
crisis_categories Fortes pluies
criticality_level Faible
data_formats CSV; HTML; LYR; PDF; SHP; other
fair_openness Level 2 - Machine-readable
geographic_scope Québec
sensitivity_level Faible
source_inventaire Inventaire_W
source_url https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/404f3b0c-a4a7-4e86-8cdc-ddfa233254a2
subject form_descriptors, nature_and_environment, science_and_technology
update_frequency P1Y
year_most_recent 2025-05-01 19:24:34.758000
year_start 2020-12-08 04:51:56.850000