Reference WATERBASE - Lakes: stations characteristic data

Data Table

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The Stations table contains data on the EUROWATERNET lake monitoring stations' physical characteristics. Each station has been assigned a unique WATERBASE identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the Stations with their respective Quality and Pressure data.

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Table definition

LakeResidenceTime	LakeResidenceTime	Average lake residence time expressed in years. Calculated as volume/annual flow	float(8)	0
LakeVolume	LakeVolume	Volume of the lake in Mio m³	float(8)	0
LakeArea	LakeArea	Surface area of the lake in km²	float(8)	0
Latitude	Latitude	(Y) International geographical co-ordinates of the monitoring station in decimal degrees format	float(8)	0
LakeMaxDepth	LakeMaxDepth	Maximum depth of lake in m	float(8)	0
LakeMeanDepth	LakeMeanDepth	Mean depth of lake in m	float(8)	0
CatchmentArea	CatchmentArea	Upstream catchment area in km²	float(8)	0
Altitude	Altitude	Altitude of monitoring station in m above sea level	float(8)	0
Longitude	Longitude	(X) International geographical co-ordinates of the monitoring station in decimal degrees format	float(8)	0
Reservoir	Reservoir	Indicates whether the lake is a reservoir or ntural lake (1 = reservoir; 0 = lake)	int(4)	0
LargestLake	LargestLake	Indicates whether the lake is considered as one of the largest lakes (1 = yes; 0 = no)	int(4)	0
ReferenceLake	ReferenceLake	Indicates whether the lake is considered a reference lake (1 = yes; 0 = no)	int(4)	0
RepresentativeLake	RepresentativeLake	Indicates whether the lake is considered a representative lake (1 = yes; 0 = no)	int(4)	0
NationalStationID	NationalStationID	Provided at national level	nvarchar(20)	0
Region	Region	Region in which water body is located at the national level	nvarchar(100)	0
CountryCode	Country code	ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements	nvarchar(2)	0
Country	Country	Official short name in English	nvarchar(50)	0
WaterbaseName	WaterbaseName	Name of the river station, lake or groundwater body	nvarchar(200)	0
WaterbaseID	WaterbaseID	Internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the monitoring stations for rivers or lakes or the groundwater bodies	varchar(20)	-1
WaterBodyType	WaterBodyType	R = River, L = Lake, GW = Groundwater	varchar(2)	0