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Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems (England only)

Publisher
Environment Agency
Updated
10 July 2026
Topic
Not set

Summary

Location of Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems (GWDTEs) in England assessed by the Environment Agency for the EU Water Framework Directive. Based on SSSI outlines from Natural England, filtered to include only those sites with wetland vegetation communities listed in UK Technical Advisory Group paper 5 a-b (2004). Note that the dataset is not exhaustive, and other groundwater dependent wetlands also exist in England. Note this dataset has been extracted from the England and Wales dataset 'GWDTEs_2014' created on 16/10/2014 Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved. © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [2016]

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
10 July 2026
Harvest GUID
b4f30075-3aa7-4cf4-84d8-a7fa697db979
Extent (Latitude)
55.816° to 49.943°
Extent (Longitude)
-6.236° to 2.072°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date (creation)
2016-06-02
Dataset reference date (revision)
2016-06-02
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Access constraints
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Responsible party
Environment Agency (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng