Waterbase - Quantity: Stations

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The Stations table contains the physical characteristics of the Eionet-Water water quantity monitoring stations. Each station has been assigned a unique Waterbase identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the Stations with their respective Quantity data.

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Latitude	Latitude	(Y) international geographical co-ordinates in decimal degrees format. Latitude provided using the common geodetic datum ETS89 (rivers, lakes, groundwater, water quantity) or WGS84 (TCM). Where TCM stations represent a broader area, the central location of the area is provided.	float(8)	0
CatchmentArea	Catchment area	catchment area upstream of the station, in km². For lakes, the catchment area upstream of the lake is shown. If more than one station exists in the lake, the catchment area value should be the same for all stations.	float(8)	0
Altitude	Altitude	altitude of station in m above sea level. For lakes, the altitude of the lake is provided.	float(8)	0
Longitude	Longitude	(X) international geographical co-ordinates in decimal degrees format. Longitude provided using the common geodetic datum ETS89 (rivers, lakes, groundwater, water quantity) or WGS84 (TCM). Negative values used for co-ordinates west of the Greenwich Meridian (0 degrees). Where TCM stations represent a broader area, the central location of the area is provided.	float(8)	0
PrecipitationStation	Precipitation station	rain gauge station which also measures snowfall. 1=yes, 0=no.	int(4)	0
ReferenceStation	Reference station	reference station type, found in catchments or associated River Basin Districts with little or no human activity, natural landscape higher than 90%, and minimally impacted by inflow from adjacent coastal or marine waters. Concentrations of nutrients or hazardous substances occurring naturally would give an indication of background levels. For volatile sunthetic substances, data from these stations might be used to assess the significance of atmospheric deposition. River and lake stations can be of more than one type. 1=yes, 0=no.	int(4)	0
FluxStation	Flux Station	flux station type, used for assessment of international, transboundary loads or loads entering Europe's seas. River and lake stations can be of more than one type. 1=yes, 0=no.	int(4)	0
Remarks	Remarks	remarks, comments or explanatory notes.	nvarchar(255)	0
NationalStationID	National station ID	identifier of the river or lake monitoring stations, the water quantity station, the transitional, coastal or marine flux or montoring station, all unique at the national level. A transitional, coastal or marine station should be a geographically fixed location, an area in which actual sampling locations vary from survey to survey or an area within a defined salinity range within which samples have been taken. Each station is referred to be its single, central location. For transitional, coastal or marine flux stations, the NationalStationID should be the same as that provided for the river flux station.	nvarchar(255)	0
RiverName	River name	national name of river.	nvarchar(255)	0
Region	Region	national region in which water body is located.	nvarchar(255)	0
Country	Country	official short name in English. ISO 3166-1.	nvarchar(100)	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, in the format CountryCode_WaterDataSet_NationalStationID (e.g. AT_RV_001), or the groundwater body, in the format CountryCode_WaterDataSet_EWN-Code (e.g. AT_GW_AT001).	nvarchar(255)	-1
WaterbaseName	Waterbase name	national name of station or groundwater body.	nvarchar(255)	0
CountryCode	Country code	abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating country. ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements.	varchar(2)	0
DataSource	Data source	source of data: Eionet-Water, ICES.	varchar(50)	0
WaterDataSet	Water data set	RV=rivers, LK=lakes, GW=groundwater, TCM=transitional, coastal or marine waters, QA=water quantity.	varchar(3)	0