| Attribute name | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Peatlands | Peatland |
Peatlands of Wales
Welsh Government
The Peatlands of Wales map series provides an updated distribution of Welsh Peatlands (to 2022) based on current evidence sources. The data layers were created on a 50m grid whereby the presence and thickness of peat are elucidated from a range of sources for each 50m grid cell across Wales. A peatland evidence score defines the level of confidence in the presence of peat in any given grid cell, with those cells scoring more than 2 on this scale of 1-10, captured in the ‘Peatlands of Wales’ peat distribution map.
This dataset provides the distribution of peat across Wales, with peat defined as having a thickness of more than 40cm of organic material within the upper 80cm of a soil profile. It is an outline of all the 50m sites that have a peatland evidence score of 2 or greater (as provided in the ‘Peatlands of Wales evidence’ map layer).
Full details of the sources of data used to build this map as well as the methodologies used to define the level of evidence for the presence of peat and derivation of the peat evidence score as well as estimates of peat thickness (depth), carbon stock estimates and greenhouse gas emissions are presented in the Peatlands of Wales mapping methodology report
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- Type:
- Spatial data
- Category:
- Environment
- Publication date:
- 04 April 2022
- Licence:
- Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)
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Copyright:
- Keywords:
- deunydd organig, mawm, organic matter, peat, pridd, soil
- Point of contact:
- data@gov.wales
- Restrictions
- <p>© Crown copyright. Mapping derived from soils data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2020 © Crown copyright 2020. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2020. Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. Contains data from BGS © UKRI. All rights Reserved. </p>
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- 1
- Purpose
<p>This dataset provides the distribution of peat across Wales, with peat defined as having a thickness of more than 40cm of organic material within t…
- Language
- English
- Data Quality
- <p>Full details of the sources of data used to build this map as well as the methodologies used to define the level of evidence for the presence of peat and derivation of the peat evidence score as well as estimates of peat thickness (depth), carbon stock estimates and greenhouse gas emissions are presented in the <a href="https://gov.wales/soils-policy-evidence-programme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peatlands of Wales mapping methodology report.</a></p>
- Supplemental Information
<p>The national peatland map of Wales incorporates new relevant Soil Survey of England and Wales (SSEW) mapping evidence and other suitable peat mapping eviden…
- Spatial Representation Type
- Vector data is used to represent geographic data