Soil and landcover databases for SWAT+ applications in South Africa including cross-border catchment data

The input datasets including the following. • Landcover maps linked to SWAT landcover codes including South African National Landcover (2014, 2018, 2020) at 20 to 30 m resolution with 72 to 73 landcover classes, and Finer Resolution Observation and Monitoring of Global Landcover for Africa version 2 (2017) with 8 landcover classes at 30 m resolution for cross-border catchment areas. • A soil map with texture and hydraulic parameter values derived from pedotransfer functions of the Land Type Database of South Africa useable at a scale of 1:250 000, as well as soil maps for cross-border catchments derived from the Soil and Agronomy Data Cube for Africa.