Identification

Title
Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Waterbodies Cycle 1
Abstract
<p>WFD River Waterbodies is a polyline Shapefile dataset collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The river polylines were defined by using of the Environment Agency - General Quality Assessment (GQA) River Stretches dataset this is copied directly from the CEH 1:50K River Network with some additional stretches added in by the Environment Agency. Additional stretches were added to cover all stretches designated under the Fresh Water Fish Directive, all stretches designated within riverine SSSIs, and ensuring that all riverine abstractions which contributed to the designation of a Drinking Water Protected Area were sited on a designated river waterbody. In addition to this, some stretches were added where the upstream catchment size was &gt; 10km2, but no other river stretch was designated (10km2 was the original cut-off catchment size form defining a waterbody under the WFD). The resultant WFD river waterbody datasets is a sub-set of the CEH network, including only stretches that meet any of the criteria outlined above. WFD River waterbodies share the same 'EA_WB_ID' as their river waterbody catchment allowing these 2 datasets to be linked. All river waterbodies are associated with a waterbody catchment. Not all catchments have a designated WFD river waterbody within them. These data apply to Cycle 1 of the Water Framework Directive. The equivalent layer for Cycle 2 is covered by WFD River Waterbodies Cycle 2.</p> <p><strong>Attribution statement</strong></p> <p>Contains Natural Resources Wales information &copy; Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Some features of this information are based on digital spatial data licensed from the Centre for Ecology &amp; Hydrology &copy; NERC (CEH). Contains OS data &copy; Crown copyright and database right 2015</p>
Licence
Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)

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Publication Date
Type
Spatial data
Keywords
features, NRW_WFD_RIVERWATERBODIES_C1
Category:
Inland Waters

Inland water features, drainage systems and their characteristics. Examples: rivers and glaciers, salt lakes, water utilization plans, dams, currents, floods, water quality, hydrographic charts

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Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
Natural Resources Wales

Information

Spatial extent
Projection system
EPSG:27700
Extension x0
173027.8309
Extension x1
379147.4297
Extension y0
166690.900599999
Extension y1
394178.000600001

Features

Contact

Email
opendata@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
Organisation
Natural Resources Wales

References

Link online
/layers/inspire-nrw:NRW_WFD_RIVERWATERBODIES_C1
Metadata page
/layers/inspire-nrw:NRW_WFD_RIVERWATERBODIES_C1/metadata_detail

Zipped Shapefile
Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Waterbodies Cycle 1.zip
OGC Geopackage
Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Waterbodies Cycle 1.gpkg
DXF
Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Waterbodies Cycle 1.dxf
GML 2.0
Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Waterbodies Cycle 1.gml
GML 3.1.1
Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Waterbodies Cycle 1.gml
CSV
Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Waterbodies Cycle 1.csv
Excel
Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Waterbodies Cycle 1.excel
GeoJSON
Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Waterbodies Cycle 1.json

OWS endpoints

WMS
WFS