Identification

Title

Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Basin Districts Cycle 1

Alternative title(s)

AfA081 WFD River Basin Districts (Cycle 1)

Cylch 1 Ardaloedd Basn Afon y Gyfarwyddeb Fframwaith Dŵr

WFD River Basin Districts Cycle 1.LYR

Abstract

Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Basin Districts Cycle 1 is a spatial (polygon) dataset containing attributes that have been collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Article 2, clause 2 of the WFD defines them as '...the area of land and sea, made up of one or more neighbouring river basins together with their associated ground waters and coastal waters'.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://datamap.gov.wales/capabilities/layer/562/?access_token=i61nd1X0RwdwAgQrGW0sqAsWxBMiwx&ows_service=wms

name: Web Mapping Services

https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/inspire-nrw:NRW_WFD_RIVERBASINDISTRICT_C1

name: Download data and Web Services

Unique resource identifier

code

116241

codeSpace

https://naturalresources.wales

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

OGP

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::BNG

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

inlandWaters

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-02-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.77774100

East bounding longitude

-2.60886500

North bounding latitude

53.51306700

South bounding latitude

51.24083900

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-02-01

code identifying the extent

Wales (WLS)

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2008-01-01

End position

2013-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-12-31

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

River Basin Districts have been delineated by using River Catchments as 'building blocks' that have been aggregated together within a GIS, ensuring that WFD rivers do not intersect boundaries. Coastal and transitional waterbodies are also merged and assigned to a river basin district. River Catchments were delineated through use of flow data and a digital terrain model run through a hydrological model.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

© CNC/NRW. Some features of this information are based on digital spatial data licensed from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology © NERC (CEH). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2015. Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

This data is jointly owned by NRW and CEH. There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

telephone number

0300 065 3000

email address

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

telephone number

0300 065 3000

email address

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency Wales (EA Wales)

telephone number

08708 506 506

email address

enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency (EA)

telephone number

08708 506 506

email address

enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

telephone number

0300 065 3000

email address

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-01-31

Metadata language