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Catchment boundaries for England, Scotland and Wales based on existing Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) and SEPA catchments (WGS84) 2023

Publisher
Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Updated
23 July 2026
Topic
Not set
Licence
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Summary

This dataset contains the boundaries for river catchments in England, Scotland and Wales based on the dataset Hydrological sections for England, Scotland and Wales with associated river catchment 2023, Water Framework Directive (WFD) waterbody and regional information (WGS84)_ These catchment boundaries have been derived from hydrological sections, have boundaries almost identical to existing Fish Health Inspectorate river catchments, and include complete coverage of the waterbodies under the Water Framework Directive.

Note this dataset includes catchments in England, Scotland and Wales. Scotland catchments are taken from Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) catchments. For coverage of England and Wales only use Catchment boundaries for England and Wales based on existing Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) catchments 2023 (WGS84)_

There are 2 versions of the dataset; a geographical coordinate reference system (CRS) WGS84 (EPSG 4326) and a projected CRS British National Grid (BNG

  • EPSG 27700) see Catchment boundaries for England, Scotland and Wales based on existing Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) and SEPA catchments (BNG) 2023_

.. _hydrological sections for england, scotland and wales with associated river catchment 2023, water framework directive (wfd) waterbody and regional information (wgs84): https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/21968

.. _catchment boundaries for england and wales based on existing fish health inspectorate (fhi) catchments 2023 (wgs84): https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/21755

.. _catchment boundaries for england, scotland and wales based on existing fish health inspectorate (fhi) and sepa catchments (bng) 2023: https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/21967

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
22 October 2024
Harvest GUID
CEFASabaec233-69b5-485e-930c-cc5b419e24f3
Extent (Latitude)
61.50° to 48.50°
Extent (Longitude)
-10.00° to 3.00°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2024-07-30
Dataset reference date (revision)
2024-10-22
Dataset reference date (creation)
2023-12-06
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) (originator, custodian, distributor, owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng