Reference WATERBASE - Groundwater: bodies characteristic data

Data Table

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The Bodies table contains data on the EUROWATERNET groundwater bodies physical characteristics. Each body has been assigned a unique WATERBASE identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the groundwater bodies with their respective Quality and Pressure data.

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GwBodyThickness	GwBodyThickness	Approximate thickness of the groundwater body in m	float(8)	0
GwDepthTo	GwDepthTo	Depth to groundwater from the land surface to the top of the groundwater body in m	float(8)	0
GwBodyArea	GwBodyArea	Groundwater body area in km²	float(8)	0
GwHorizon	GwHorizon	Groundwater horizon in which the groundwater body is situated: 1 = top horizon etc	int(4)	0
WaterBodyType	WaterBodyType	R = River, L = Lake, GW = Groundwater	nvarchar(2)	0
WaterbaseName	WaterbaseName	Name of the river station, lake or groundwater body	nvarchar(200)	0
AquiferType	AquiferType	Porous media, fractured media, karst	nvarchar(20)	0
CountryCode	CountryCode	ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements	nvarchar(2)	0
Country	Country	Official short name in English	nvarchar(100)	0
WaterbaseID	WaterbaseID	Internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the monitoring stations for rivers or lakes or the groundwater bodies	nvarchar(20)	-1