Description
A body of river water is a distinct and significant part of surface waters such as a river, a river or a canal, a part of a river, a river or a canal, constituting the elementary division of aquatic environments intended to be the unit of assessment of the WFD.
The criteria for constructing river water bodies are:
- A body of water belongs to a single hydroecoregion;
- The dominant fish population based on the fish farming context (Salmoniculture, Cyprinicole, Intermédiaire);
- Size class (Strahler confluence row).
WFD reporting correspondence: This entity corresponds to the concept of WISE's Surface Water Body Line.
Layers shall be disseminated in a format compliant with the SANDRE Data Dictionary of the Water Body Repository, version 1.4.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| OGC Geographical Web Service (WMS) of the State of Places 2019 Water Masses Repository | Unknown | Open resource | |
| Download data - MIF/MID format | Unknown | Open resource | |
| Downloading data - Format ESRI Shapefile | Unknown | Open resource |