Reference WATERBASE - Lakes: stations characteristic data

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The Stations table contains data on the EUROWATERNET lake monitoring stations' physical characteristics. Each station has been assigned a unique WATERBASE identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the Stations with their respective Quality and Pressure data.

Category

European data

Records

1214

Table definition

LakeResidenceTime	LakeResidenceTime	Average lake residence time expressed in years. Calculated as volume/annual flow	float(8)	0
LakeVolume	LakeVolume	Volume of the lake in Mio m³	float(8)	0
LakeArea	LakeArea	Surface area of the lake in km²	float(8)	0
Latitude	Latitude	(Y) International geographical co-ordinates of the monitoring station in decimal degrees format	float(8)	0
LakeMaxDepth	LakeMaxDepth	Maximum depth of lake in m	float(8)	0
LakeMeanDepth	LakeMeanDepth	Mean depth of lake in m	float(8)	0
CatchmentArea	CatchmentArea	Upstream catchment area in km²	float(8)	0
Altitude	Altitude	Altitude of monitoring station in m above sea level	float(8)	0
Longitude	Longitude	(X) International geographical co-ordinates of the monitoring station in decimal degrees format	float(8)	0
Reservoir	Reservoir	Indicates whether the lake is a reservoir or ntural lake (1 = reservoir; 0 = lake)	int(4)	0
LargestLake	LargestLake	Indicates whether the lake is considered as one of the largest lakes (1 = yes; 0 = no)	int(4)	0
ReferenceLake	ReferenceLake	Indicates whether the lake is considered a reference lake (1 = yes; 0 = no)	int(4)	0
RepresentativeLake	RepresentativeLake	Indicates whether the lake is considered a representative lake (1 = yes; 0 = no)	int(4)	0
NationalStationID	NationalStationID	Provided at national level	nvarchar(20)	0
Region	Region	Region in which water body is located at the national level	nvarchar(100)	0
CountryCode	Country code	ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements	nvarchar(2)	0
Country	Country	Official short name in English	nvarchar(50)	0
WaterbaseName	WaterbaseName	Name of the river station, lake or groundwater body	nvarchar(200)	0
WaterbaseID	WaterbaseID	Internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the monitoring stations for rivers or lakes or the groundwater bodies	varchar(20)	-1
WaterBodyType	WaterBodyType	R = River, L = Lake, GW = Groundwater	varchar(2)	0