As a network of researchers we release an open-access database (EUSEDcollab) of water discharge and suspended sediment yield time series records collected in small to medium sized catchments in Europe. EUSEDcollab is compiled to overcome the scarcity of open-access data at relevant spatial scales for studies on runoff, soil loss by water erosion and sediment delivery. Multi-source measurement data from numerous researchers and institutions were harmonised into a common time series and metadata structure. Data reuse is facilitated through accompanying metadata descriptors providing background technical information for each monitoring station setup. Across ten European countries, EUSEDcollab covers over 1600 catchment years of data from 245 catchments at event (11 catchments), daily (22 catchments) and monthly (212 catchments) temporal resolution, and is unique in its focus on small to medium catchment drainage areas (median = 43 km2, min = 0.04 km2, max = 817 km2) with applicability for soil erosion research. We release this database with the aim of uniting people, knowledge and data through the European Union Soil Observatory (EUSO).

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Department of Environmental Sciences University of Basel Bernoullistrasse 30 4056 Basel Switzerland

Department of Landscape Water Conservation Czech Technical University Prague Thákurova 7 Praha 6 Prague 16629 Czech Republic

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Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering University of Ljubljana Jamova 2 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia

Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies University of Warsaw Krakowskie Przedmieście 30 00 927 Warsaw Poland

Gembloux Agro Bio Tech Uliège Passage des Déportés 2 Gembloux 5030 Belgium

Geography University of Barcelona Montalegre 6 Barcelona 8001 Spain

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Universiteit van Amsterdam Science Park 904 1098XH Amsterdam The Netherlands

Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences Maria Curie Sklodowska University Kra´snicka Av 2d Lublin 20 718 Poland

Institute of Geography and Spatial Management Jagiellonian University in Kraków 7 Gronostajowa Str Kraków 30 387 Poland

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Marine Sciences Department University of the Aegean University hill Mytilene 81100 Greece

Natural Resources and Forestry Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria Pesquera Alimentaria y de la Producción Ecológica Camino de Purchil s n Granada 18005 Spain

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