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Extended wetland ecosystem layer

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Prod-ID: DAT-276-en

Created 15 Jul 2022 Published 25 Nov 2022 Last modified 25 Nov 2022

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Topics: Biodiversity — Ecosystems

The dataset “Extended wetland ecosystem” is a derived product of the Corine Land Cover (CLS) layer for the year 2018 which has then been reclassified into 20 wetland classes on the basis of ancillary spatial layers (“Water and Wetness 2018” and “Riparian Zone Layer” Copernicus products, the “Ecosystem types of Europe” v3.1 and “The Global Spatial Water Explorer” datasets). Besides the traditional types of inland and coastal wetlands (i.e. marshes, rivers, lakes, lagoons, estuaries), the layer also covers the forest, grassland and agricultural ecosystems which are seasonally or permanently flooded (i.e. riparian forests, wet grasslands, rice fields) and are therefore considered as wetlands according to the Ramsar Convention definition and typology. This wetland reclassification and mapping considers their hydro-ecological characteristics and provides information about the real spatial extent and distribution of varied wetland habitats.

Data and maps

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GIS data

Wetlands 2018

Wetlands 2018 GeoTIFF
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INSPIRE compliant metadata
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Documents

Documentation

Wetland Thematic Assessment chapter (Maes et al., 2020)
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Horizon 2020 Satellite-based Wetland Observation Service (SWOS)
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Metadata

Reporting obligations (ROD)

Not applicable

Geographic accuracy:

Raster data in 100m resolution

Rights:

EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

Coordinate reference system:

EPSG:3035

Data sources

High Resolution Layer: Water and Wetness 2018 (raster 100m), Nov. 2020

Ecosystem types of Europe 2012 - Full map (marine and terrestrial habitats) - version 3 revision 1, Feb. 2019

Riparian Zones Delineation (vector), Aug. 2015

Corine Land Cover 2018 (raster 100m) version 20 accounting layer, Jun. 2019

Owners:

European Environment Agency (EEA)

Processors:

European Topic Centre - Universidad de Málaga (ETC-UMA)

Additional information

A great diversity of wetlands exists making the definition of a wetland ecosystem both challenging and controversial. The development of an extended wetland ecosystem layer according to the definition of the Ramsar convention is an explicit policy request in Europe which builds on an ecosystem-based justification of an inclusive definition, delimitation and delineation of wetlands, looking at the “hydro-ecological” boundaries of this ecosystem (including their wetness and flow characteristics).

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Geographic coverage

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