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Waterbase-Groundwater: Bodies


The Bodies table contains the physical characteristics of the Eionet-Water groundwater bodies. Each groundwater body has been assigned a unique Waterbase identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the Bodies with their respective Quality and Pressures data.
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1934
Table definition
GwBodyThickness Groundwater body thickness approximate thickness of the groundwater body in m. float(8) 0
GwDepthTo Depth to groundwater depth to groundwater from the land surface to the top of the groundwater body in m. float(8) 0
GwBodyArea Groundwater body area groundwater body area in km2. float(8) 0
GwHorizon Groundwater horizon groundwater horizon in which the groundwater body is situated: 1 = top horizon etc... int(4) 0
Country Country name (ISO 3166-1) official short name in English nvarchar(100) 0
WaterbaseName Waterbase name name of the monitoring station for rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal and marine waters and water quantity, or name of the groundwater body. nvarchar(200) 0
AquiferType Aquifer type porous media, fractured media, karst. nvarchar(20) 0
WaterDataset Water data set RV = River, LK = Lake, GW = Groundwater, TCM = Transitional, Coastal or Marine Water, QA = Water Quantity. varchar(3) 0
CountryCode Country code ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements. varchar(2) 0
WaterbaseID Waterbase ID internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the monitoring station for rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal and marine waters and water quantity, or groundwater body, in the format CountryCode_WaterDataSet_NationalStationID (e.g. GB_RV_12345). varchar(200) -1
DataSource Data source source of data: Eionet-Water, ICES. varchar(50) 0
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