Assessing Hydropower Potential in Nepal’s Sunkoshi River Basin: An Integrated GIS and SWAT Hydrological Modeling Approach

Table 1

Source of datasets.

Category	Data type	Data source
Climate	Precipitation and temperature	Department of Hydrological and Metrology (DHM), Nepal
Topography	DEM 30 m resolution	Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Land use	LU map	https://maps.elie.ucl.ac.be/CCI/viewer/download.php
Soils	Soil properties map	FAO Digital Soil Map
Physical infrastructure	Protected area and hydropower site	International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Department of Hydrological and Metrology (DHM)
Discharge	Daily discharge	Department of Hydrological and Metrology (DHM), Nepal