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River_Basin_Districts

River water bodies were designated on the basis of WFD United Kingdom Technical Advisory Group (UKTAG) guidance. Reviewed annually based upon new information relating to pressures.
 
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. River_Basin_Districts. Scottish Environment Protection Agency https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/354cb13c-edeb-40b0-964d-f4925d3e71e9

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Date ( Revision )
2018-08-08
Identifier
River_Basin_Districts
Status
onGoing On going

  Publisher

Scottish Environment Protection Agency  
Strathallan House, Castle Business Park Stirling FK9 4TZ

  03000 66 99 66  
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
Keywords ( Theme )
  • environment
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Hydrography
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
No further conditions apply
Use limitation
No further limitations apply
Denominator
50000
Metadata language
eng English
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Boundaries
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S
E
W


Geographic identifier
GB-SCT

 

Date ( Publication )
2018-08-08

Reference system identifier
EPSG / ETRS89 (EPSG:4258)
Reference system identifier
EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)
Distribution format
  • ATOM Download Service (1.0 )

OnLine resource
SEPA River Basin Districts (ATOM Download Feed)  

SEPA River Basin Districts (ATOM Download Feed)

Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Statement

River water bodies were designated on the basis of WFD United Kingdom Technical Advisory Group (UKTAG) guidance, summarised below:

1. All inter catchments of rivers with a nested catchment area > 10km2 where assigned a type based on the river typology work. The river typology for each catchment was generated from the following factors: average altitude, dominant geology and catchment size.

2. SEPA's existing water quality classification stretches (derived from 1:50,000 digital river network) overlying catchments of the same type were joined together. Other decisions on where to split river water bodies were made to aid in the management of anthropogenic pressures on the aquatic environment.

3. Baseline river water bodies cannot overlap with baseline loch water bodies but can overlap with small loch water bodies. This avoids gaps in the baseline surface water (reporting) network.

4. Baseline river water bodies lie on the main stem of the river network and are identified from sea to source. All main stem water courses of rivers with a catchment area > 10km2 are identified as river water bodies. The source headwater stream, even if above a baseline loch water body, is identified as a baseline river water body. NOTE: The typology catchment size for such headwater streams (stored in the database) is taken from the original 10km typology intercatchments and will therefore usually be larger than the actual water body catchment size.

Reviewed annually based upon new information relating to pressures

Metadata

File identifier
354cb13c-edeb-40b0-964d-f4925d3e71e9   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2018-08-30
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

  Point of contact

Scottish Environment Protection Agency  
Strathallan House, Castle Business Park Stirling FK9 4TZ

  03000 66 99 66  
 
 

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