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A water body is a certain clearly distinguishable part of surface water, such as a lake, a stream, river or a part a stream or river. A groundwater body is a certain volume of water under the surface, a part of a so-called aquifer. The water body is an important entity in the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and enables us to relate water protection to natural hydrological units.
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/archived/archived-content-water-topic/wise-help-centre/faqs/water-body or scan the QR code.
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