WISE WFD river basin district and river basin district sub-units reported under Water Framework Directive 2016

The service contains information on the European river basin district and river basin district sub-units delineated for the 2nd River Basin Management Plans (RBMP) under the Water Framework Directive (WFD).



The information was reported to the European Commission under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) reporting obligations.

The dataset compiles the available spatial data related to the 2nd RBMPs due in 2016 (hereafter WFD2016). See http://rod.eionet.europa.eu/obligations/715 for further information on the WFD2016 reporting.



Relevant concepts:



River basin district (RBD): The area of land and sea, made up of one or more neighbouring river basins together with their associated groundwaters and coastal waters, which is the main unit for management of river basins.



River basin: The area of land from which all surface run-off flows through a sequence of streams, rivers and, possibly, lakes into the sea at a single river mouth, estuary or delta.



Sub-basin: The area of land from which all surface run-off flows through a series of streams, rivers and, possibly, lakes to a particular point in a water course (normally a lake or a river confluence).



Sub-unit [Operational definition. Not in the WFD]: Reporting unit. River basin districts larger than 50000 square kilometre should be divided into comparable sub-units with an area between 5000 and 50000 square kilometre. The sub-units should be created using river basins (if more than one river basin exists in the RBD), set of contiguous river basins, or sub-basins, for example. If the RBD area is less than 50000 square kilometre, the RBD itself should be used as a sub-unit.

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Identification info

Date (Publication)
2019-04-15
Citation identifier
eea_v_4326_250_k_wise-river-basin-districts-subunits-wfd2016_service

Status
Obsolete
Point of contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

http://www.eea.europa.eu

Point of contact
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Inland waters
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

N
S
E
W




Temporal extent

Time period
2016-05-05 2019-03-31
GEMET

  • water resources management

  • river basin

  • water

  • river basin management

  • Water Framework Directive

  • altitude

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

  • Lithuania

  • Luxembourg

  • Romania

  • Austria

  • Greece

  • France

  • Iceland

  • Bulgaria

  • Ireland

  • Estonia

  • Malta

  • Norway

  • Spain

  • Poland

  • Hungary

  • Slovenia

  • Belgium

  • Cyprus

  • Czechia

  • Croatia

  • Netherlands

  • United Kingdom

  • Portugal

  • Sweden

  • Denmark

  • Germany

  • Slovakia

  • Latvia

  • Finland

  • Italy

Spatial scope

  • European

INSPIRE priority data set

  • Directive 2000/60/EC

  • River basin districts (Water Framework Directive)

  • River basin districts sub-units (Water Framework Directive)

EEA topics

  • Water

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

No limitations in the use of this web service.

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distribution format

OnLine resource

https://water.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/WISE_WFD/WFD2016_RiverBasinDistrict_WM/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

WFD2016_RiverBasinDistrict_WM

OnLine resource

https://water.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/WISE_WFD/WFD2016_RiverBasinDistrict_WM/MapServer/

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Title
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 976/2009 of 19 October 2009 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Network Services
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Resource lineage

Statement

For more information about the lineage of the datasets provided via this web service, please consult the associated metadata of the dataset.

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference System Information

Code
EPSG:4326

Reference System Information

Reference System Information

Code
EPSG:3857

Reference System Information

Reference System Information

Code
EPSG:102100

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
CRS:84

Metadata

Metadata identifier
4097ed98-1a2c-4bda-84ad-c82a2da9bd51

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

Type of resource

Resource type
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/4097ed98-1a2c-4bda-84ad-c82a2da9bd51

Date info (Creation)
2020-03-26T09:24:48Z
Date info (Revision)
2025-10-09T10:46:50.964457Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19119/19139

Edition

1.0

 
 
Access to the catalogue

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

EEA topics

Water
GEMET

Water Framework Directive altitude river basin river basin management water water resources management
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
INSPIRE priority data set

Directive 2000/60/EC River basin districts (Water Framework Directive) River basin districts sub-units (Water Framework Directive)
Spatial scope

European


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