Table 4 List, sources, timespan and units of hydrological variables.

From: HISTORECO: Historical Spanish transition database on climate, geography and economics of the 20th-21st century

Variables

Name in the dataset

Data source

Timespan

Frequency

Units

River basin

Basin

MITECO (2022)

Static variable

 

Categorical variable

Reservoir area in the municipality

Reservoir_area

MITECO (2011, 2025)

1900–2020 (1950–2021)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Square kilometers

Reservoir water volume capacity

Reservoir_volume

Global Dam Watch (GDW), MITECO (2011, 2025) and SEPREM

1900–2020 (1950–2021)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Hm3

Usable volume capacity of dammed water

Usable_reservoir_volume

Global Dam Watch (GDW), MITECO (2011, 2025) and SEPREM

1900–2020 (1950–2021)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Hm3

Main use of the Reservoir

Reservoir_main_use

Global Dam Watch (GDW)

1900–2020 (1950–2021)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Categorical variable

Reservoir water volume capacity by use

Vol_Irrigation

Vol_Electricity

Vol_Supply

Vol_Other

Global Dam Watch (GDW), MITECO (2011, 2025) and SEPREM

1900–2020 (1950–2021)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Hm3

The nearest main river (basin surface >500 km2)

nearest_main_river

MITECO (2018)

Static variable

 

Categorical variable

Distance to the nearest main river

Dist_main_rivers

MITECO (2018)

Static variable

 

Km

The nearest watercourse

nearest_all_river

MITECO (2018)

Static variable

 

Categorical variable

Distance to the nearest watercourse

Dist_all_rivers

MITECO (2018)

Static variable

 

Km