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Reference Waterbase - Rivers

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Prod-ID: DAT-4-en

Created 23 May 2003 Published 23 May 2003 Last modified 15 Dec 2022

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Topics: Water and marine environment

This page was archived on 05 Dec 2016 with reason: Other (The dataset is replaced by Waterbase - Water Quality dataset, which combines Waterbase - Rivers, Lakes and Groundwater into one. It's available at http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/waterbase-water-quality/.)

Reference Waterbase is the EEA's database on the status and quality of Europe's rivers, lakes and groundwater bodies

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Reference WATERBASE - Rivers: chemical quality data

The Quality table contains data on nutrients and organic matter measured at the EUROWATERNET river monitoring stations. Each station has been assigned a unique WATERBASE identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the Quality data with their respective Stations and Pressure data.

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90Percentile	90th Percentile concentration during aggregation period		float(8)	0
StandardDeviation	Standard Deviation of concentration during aggregation period		float(8)	0
10Percentile	10th Percentile concentration during aggregation period		float(8)	0
Median	Median concentration over aggregation period		float(8)	0
Minimum	Minimum concentration over aggregation period		float(8)	0
Maximum	Maximum concentration over aggregation period		float(8)	0
Mean	Average concentration over aggregation period		float(8)	0
NoOfSamples	Number of samples in aggregation period		int(4)	0
Year	Year of measurements	range of years available: 1965 - 2001	int(4)	0
PeriodLength	Period Length	Number of months in aggregation period	int(4)	0
Determinand	Determinand name	As defined in meta data section "Unit"	nvarchar(30)	0
Unit	Unit of measurement	As defined in meta data section "Unit"	nvarchar(30)	0
AggregationPeriod	Period of aggregation	Annual = aggregated over whole year, Summer = aggregated over summer months, Winter = aggregated over winter months	nvarchar(10)	0
WaterbaseID	Unique Waterbase Identifier	Internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the monitoring station for rivers	varchar(20)	-1

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Rivers: chemical quality metadata table (text/comma-separated-values)
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Reference WATERBASE - Rivers: stations characteristic data

The Stations table contains data on the EUROWATERNET river 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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Latitude	Latitude	(Y) International Geographical Co-ordinates of the monitoring station in decimal format	float(8)	0
RiverDischarge	Mean Long Term River Discharge in m³/s	Discharge at the monitoring station	float(8)	0
CatchmentArea	Upstream catchment area in km²		float(8)	0
Altitude	Altitude in m above sea level		float(8)	0
Longitude	Longitude	(X) International Geographical Co-ordinates of the monitoring station in decimal format	float(8)	0
RevisionYear	Year of Revision	Last year of revision or update	int(4)	0
Region	Region	Provided at national level	nvarchar(100)	0
StationType	Station Type	Station can fall into more than one type of B = Reference, R = Representative, F = Flux, L = Largest, Most Important, I = Impact (if more than one type applies, types will be listed alphabetically with no separator e.g. FL)	nvarchar(20)	0
NationalStationID	National Station ID	Provided at national level	nvarchar(20)	0
RiverName	River Name	Provided at national level	nvarchar(100)	0
CatchmentName	Catchment name	Provided at national level	nvarchar(100)	0
CountryCode	Country code	ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements	nvarchar(2)	0
Country	Country name (ISO 3166-1)	Official short name in English	nvarchar(100)	0
WaterbaseName	Name of the river station		nvarchar(200)	0
WaterbaseID	Unique Waterbase Identifier	Internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the monitoring station for rivers	varchar(20)	-1

stations_rivers_en_v2.xls (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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Rivers: stations' metadata table (text/comma-separated-values)
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Reference WATERBASE - Rivers: stations' pressures characteristic data

The Pressure table contains proxy pressure data on the upstream catchments of EUROWATERNET river monitoring stations. Each station has been assigned a unique WATERBASE identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the Pressure data with their respective Stations and Quality data.

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LanduseOther	Other land use as % of the upstream catchment area of the station		float(8)	0
LanduseOtherAgriculture	Other agricultural land use as % of the upstream catchment area of the station		float(8)	0
LanduseArableLand	Arable land use as % of the upstream catchment area of the station		float(8)	0
LandusePasture	Pastural land use as % of the upstream catchment area of the station		float(8)	0
LanduseNature	Natural land use as % of the upstream catchment area of the station		float(8)	0
LanduseForest	Forested land use as % of the upstream catchment area of the station		float(8)	0
LanduseTotalAgriculture	Total agricultural land use as % of the upstream catchment area of the station		float(8)	0
PopulationDensity	Population density (capita/km²) of the upstream catchment area of the station		float(8)	0
LanduseUrban	Urban land use as % of the upstream catchment area of the station		float(8)	0
LanduseWetland	Wetland land use as % of the upstream catchment area of the station		float(8)	0
WaterbaseID	Unique Waterbase Identifier	Unique Waterbase IdentifierNote: internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the monitoring station for rivers	varchar(20)	-1

pressures_rivers_en_v2.xls (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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Rivers: stations' pressures metadata table (text/comma-separated-values)
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pressures_rivers_en_v2.dbf (dBASE document)
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Metadata

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).
Units:: BOD5, BOD7, COD, CODCr, DO: mg/l O2 Chlorophyll a: µg/l Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Nitrate, Nitrite, Non-ionised Ammonia, Organic Nitrogen, Total Ammonium, Total Inorganic Nitrogen, Total Nitrogen, Total Oxidised Nitrogen: mg/l N Orthophosphate, Total Phosphorus: mg/l P Oxygen Saturation: % pH: pH Total Organic Carbon: mg/l C
Data sources: The European Topic Centre on Water (version 2, date of delivery: 29 April 2003)
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine waters (ETC/ICM)

Additional information

The data contained in this database can be accessed through a series of web pages which form part of the EEA Data Service's public web site. Pre-defined applications have been designed to assist the user to extract and analyse the data in a format that is both helpful and meaningful. Reference Waterbase contains timely, reliable and policy-relevant data collected from EEA member countries through the Eurowaternet (EWN) process. EWN selects validated, mostly aggregated, monitoring data from national databases and adds information on the physical characteristics of the water bodies being monitored and on the pressures potentially affecting water quality. Although many countries make their highly aggregated data available over the Internet, the level and form of aggregation often varies from country to country making detailed quantitative comparisons difficult. The added value of Reference Waterbase is that data collected through the EWN process are from statistically stratified monitoring stations and groundwater bodies and are comparable at European level. These data are primarily used in the production of the EEA's indicator-based factsheets. Data disclaimer: The data in Reference Waterbase are sub-samples of national data assembled for the purpose of providing comparable indicators of pressures, state and impact of waters on a Europe-wide scale and the data sets are not intended for assessing compliance with any European Directive or any other legal instrument. Information on the national and sub-national scales should be sought from other sources.

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