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Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Basin Districts Cycle 1

Publisher
Natural Resources Wales
Updated
16 September 2026
Topic
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Summary

Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Basin Districts Cycle 1 is a spatial (polygon) 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 ground waters and coastal waters'.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
07 March 2025
Harvest GUID
NRW_DS116241
Extent (Latitude)
53.513067° to 51.240839°
Extent (Longitude)
-5.777741° to -2.608865°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2013-12-31
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
This data is jointly owned by NRW and CEH. There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
Responsible party
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (owner, custodian, originator, distributor); Environment Agency Wales (EA Wales) (originator); Environment Agency (EA) (originator)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng