Identification

Title

Gridded (1km) physical river characteristics for the UK

Abstract

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. The dataset includes five files of UK physical river characteristics including four files of gridded data at 1km × 1km resolution and one comma separated table. The data includes: • Outflow drainage directions (D8) • Catchment areas (km2) • Widths of bankfull rivers (m) • Depths of bankfull rivers (m) • NRFA gauging station locations (easting (m), northing (m)) The comma separated NRFA (National River Flow Archive) gauging station locations table provides the best locations of 1499 river flow gauging stations on the 1km grids, together with the approximate error in the 1km × 1km gridded delineation of the upstream catchment area. All datasets are provided on the British National Grid. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/6da95899-f3b8-4089-b621-560818aa78ba

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/6da95899-f3b8-4089-b621-560818aa78ba

codeSpace

doi:

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

1km

River

Drainage directions

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

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2022-03-23

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

The 1km × 1km outflow drainage direction and catchment areas datasets are generated from a 50m × 50m resolution digital terrain: IHDTM (Integrated Hydrological Digital Terrain Model). Bankfull river widths on a 1km × 1km grid are generated using the OS MasterMap Water Network Layer width data in a regression relationship with geomorphic and rainfall characteristics. The 1km × 1km gridded bankfull river depth dataset is generated using observed measurements from a range of sources in a regression relationship with geomorphic and rainfall characteristics. Finally, the NRFA gauging station location dataset on a 1km × 1km grid is generated by identifying the location (easting, northing) on the catchment areas dataset that best represents the true gauging station location. An indication of the quality of these data is provided by the % error between the 1km-derived and the IHDTM catchment areas. See supporting information for more details.

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

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Davies, H.N., Rameshwaran, P., Bell, V.A. (2022). Gridded (1km) physical river characteristics for the UK. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/6da95899-f3b8-4089-b621-560818aa78ba

pointOfContact

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

2022-12-13T10:17:58

Metadata language

eng