Identification

Title

UKCEH digital river network of Great Britain (1:50,000)

Abstract

This dataset comprises river centrelines, digitised from OS 1:50,000 mapping. It consists of four components: rivers; canals; surface pipes (man-made channels for transporting water such as aqueducts and leats); and miscellaneous channels (including estuary and lake centre-lines and some underground channels). This dataset is a representation of the river network in Great Britain as a set of line segments, i.e. it does not comprise a geometric network.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://order-eidc.ceh.ac.uk/resources/DPD8XQ8G/order

description: Bespoke licensing and/or fees may apply to these data. If you choose to download the data, the UKCEH Data Licensing team will contact you to discuss your exact requirements

function: order

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/7d5e42b6-7729-46c8-99e9-f9e4efddde1d.zip

description: Documents available to assist with re-use of this dataset

function: information

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/maps/a78c90a2-8da4-4f0a-9c6a-c1d1a4a3c2b0?request=getCapabilities&service=WMS

description: A link to the Web Map Service (WMS) for this dataset

Unique resource identifier

code

1285344314250

codeSpace

CEH:EIDC:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

inlandWaters

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Hydrography

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Hydrology

Hydrography

Water

CEH Water Programme

C01494

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.648

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

60.861

South bounding latitude

49.864

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1984-01-01

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2000-12-31

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

The dataset was produced within a long-term project of the Institute of Hydrology (now CEH) between the mid-1970s and the late 1990s. The project digitised, (either manually or using 'laser scanners') the "blue line" layer of the Ordnance Survey's 1:50,000 2nd series (Landranger) maps. The dataset consists of all the single blue lines from the source maps, plus centre-lines from double sided rivers, lakes and estuaries. All gaps in the source material have been closed, using local knowledge where necessary, to give a river network that is continuous from source to mouth

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Bespoke licensing conditions apply to these data. If you choose to download the data, the CEH Data Licensing team will contact you to negotiate a licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

This dataset consists of a series of digitised lines representing waterways in GB. This dataset may be used for mapping of rivers and streams but it is NOT a geometric network and therefore should not be used for applications that require network connectivity.

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-04-24T10:45:23

Metadata language

eng