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.
Category
European data
Records
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).
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