Identification

Title

Coastal Physiographic Features - Estuaries

Abstract

This is a shapefile of the coastal physiographic feature type 'estuaries'. The polygons in this shapefile represent the estuaries found within the UK. Where, estuary is defined as part of Annex I 1160 -Large Shallow Inlets and Bays: Downstream part of a river where it widens to enter the sea. Often with significant freshwater influence and predominantly comprising sediment habitats. For sub-divisions (coastal plain, bar-built and complex) see Davidson et al (1991).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/a23b5053-0384-4625-97a1-415d6cb17b0f-Estuaries-WGS84.zip

name: Estuaries-WGS84.zip

Unique resource identifier

code

a23b5053-0384-4625-97a1-415d6cb17b0f

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACselection/habitat.asp?FeatureIntCode=H1160

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Seabed Habitats and Geology

Habitats Directive - Annex I

Article 17

Coastal Physiographic Features

Physiographic Features

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-7.449736

East bounding longitude

1.76052

North bounding latitude

59.257805

South bounding latitude

50.17625

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013

End position

2019

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Extracted from the Large Shallow Inlets and Bays TopCat record: http://topcat/app/%20-%20/editor/ddaa1c86-3aee-4789-86d4-6b7cb60405a4 This is a shapefile of estuaries around UK for Article 17 reporting 2013. The orginal layer was in BNG projection, which was then transformed into WGS84 using the following transformation method: OSGB_1936_To_WGS_1984_5and this was subsequently projected into Lambert Equal-area projection for the creation of the grid layer and area calculations.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

ESRI Arc/View ShapeFile

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Limitations on public access

None

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-05-17

Metadata language