Identification

Title

Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Basin Districts Cycle 2

Alternative title(s)

AfA432 Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Basin Districts Cycle 2 (draft)

Y Gyfarwyddeb Fframwaith Dŵr (WFD) Ardaloedd Basn Afonydd Cylch 2

WFD River Basin Districts Cycle2 Draft.LYR

Abstract

Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Basin Districts (RBD) is a polygon Shapefile dataset containing attributes that have been collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Article 2, clause 2 of the WFD defines them as '...the area of land and sea, made up of one or more neighbouring river basins together with their associated groundwaters and coastal waters…'. River Basin Districts have been delineated by using River Catchments as "building blocks" that have been aggregated together within a GIS ensuring that WFD rivers do not intersect boundaries. Coastal and transitional waterbodies are also merged and assigned to a river basin district. River Catchments were delineated through use of flow data and a digital terrain model run through a hydrological model. These data apply to Cycle 2 of the Water Framework Directive.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://datamap.gov.wales/capabilities/layer/334/?access_token=i61nd1X0RwdwAgQrGW0sqAsWxBMiwx&ows_service=wms

name: Web Mapping Service

https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/inspire-nrw:NRW_WFD_RIVER_BASIN_DISTRICTS_C2

name: Download Data and Web Service

Unique resource identifier

code

116279

codeSpace

https://naturalresources.wales

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

OGP

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::BNG

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

inlandWaters

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-02-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.77774100

East bounding longitude

-2.60886500

North bounding latitude

53.51306700

South bounding latitude

51.24082900

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-02-01

code identifying the extent

Wales (WLS)

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2013-04-01

End position

2015-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2015-12-31

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

The Cycle 2 RBD boundaries look very similar to the cycle 1 RBD boundaries but are based on the Cycle 2 versions of the river waterbody catchments, transitional and coastal waters. As a result some of the base datasets used for their delineation have changes and they have been declared OpenData.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

© CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

telephone number

0300 065 3000

email address

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency (EA)

telephone number

08708 506 506

email address

enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency Wales (EA Wales)

telephone number

08708 506 506

email address

enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

telephone number

0300 065 3000

email address

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-01-31

Metadata language