Waterbase-Rivers: Stations

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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/.)

The Stations table contains the physical characteristics of the Eionet-Water river monitoring stations. Each station has been assigned a unique Waterbase identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the Stations with their respective Quality and Pressures data.

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RevisionYear	Revision year	last year of revision or update of characteristics in format YYYY.	int(4)	0
ParametersNutrients	Parameters nutrients	nutrients and organic matter monitored at station. 1=yes, 0=no.	bit(1)	0
ParametersHazSubs	Parameters hazardous substances	hazardous substances monitored at station. 1=yes, 0=no.	bit(1)	0
ReferenceStation	Reference station	reference station type, found in catchments or associated River Basin Districts with little or no human activity, natural landscape higher than 90%, and minimally impacted by inflow from adjacent coastal or marine waters. Concentrations of nutrients or hazardous substances occurring naturally would give an indication of background levels. For volatile sunthetic substances, data from these stations might be used to assess the significance of atmospheric deposition. River and lake stations can be of more than one type. 1=yes, 0=no.	bit(1)	0
FluxStation	Flux station	flux station type, used for assessment of international, transboundary loads or loads entering Europe's seas. River and lake stations can be of more than one type. 1=yes, 0=no.	bit(1)	0
ImpactStation	Impact station	impact station type, located within the zone where initial mixing of discharges takes place with receiving waters. Concentrations may be worst-case. Impact stations may be used to assess the compliance of discharges with standards established for hazardous substances and may be included in operational monitoring programmes as required by the WFD. Data are not required from investigative monitoring stations. River and lake stations can be of more than one type. 1=yes, 0=no.	bit(1)	0
LargeStstation	Largest station	largest, most important station type, including the nationally most important or well known rivers or lakes. Some stations are likely to be monitored for the EU Exchange of Information Decision. River and lake stations can be of more than one type. 1=yes, 0=no.	bit(1)	0
RepresentativeStation	Representative station	representative station type, reflecting the general quality of rivers, lakes, transitional or coastal water bodies or marine water areas. Quality influenced by diffuse and/or point sources of pollution from upstream activities. Pollutants from point sources would be fully mixed and diluted within the ambient water flow/volume. Stations may be part of national networks monitoring nutrients, organic matter and hazardous substances. They may be included in surveillance and/or operational monitoring programmes as required by the WFD. River and lake stations can be of more than one type. 1=yes, 0=no.	bit(1)	0
CatchmentArea	Catchment area	catchment area upstream of the station, in km². For lakes, the catchment area upstream of the lake is shown. If more than one station exists in the lake, the catchment area value should be the same for all stations	numeric(9)	0
Altitude	Altitude	altitude of station in m above sea level. For lakes, the altitude of the lake is provided.	numeric(5)	0
Longitude	Longitude	(X) international geographical co-ordinates in decimal degrees format. Longitude provided using the common geodetic datum ETS89 (rivers, lakes, groundwater, water quantity) or WGS84 (TCM). Negative values used for co-ordinates west of the Greenwich Meridian (0 degrees). Where TCM stations represent a broader area, the central location of the area is provided.	numeric(5)	0
Latitude	Latitude	(Y) international geographical co-ordinates in decimal degrees format. Latitude provided using the common geodetic datum ETS89 (rivers, lakes, groundwater, water quantity) or WGS84 (TCM). Where TCM stations represent a broader area, the central location of the area is provided.	numeric(5)	0
RiverLength	River length	river length from monitoring station to source in km.	numeric(5)	0
RiverDischarge	River discharge	mean long term annual river discharge in m³ /s at the monitoring station.	numeric(5)	0
CountryCode	Country code	abbreviation of EEA Member or Collaborating country. ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements.	nvarchar(2)	0
Country	Country name	official short name in English. ISO 3166-1.	nvarchar(255)	0
WaterbaseID	WaterbaseID	internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the monitoring station for rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal and marine waters, and water quantity, in the format CountryCode_WaterDataSet_NationalStationID (e.g. AT_RV_001), or the groundwater body, in the format CountryCode_WaterDataSet_EWN-Code (e.g. AT_GW_AT001).	nvarchar(50)	-1
DataSource	Data source	source of data: Eionet-Water, ICES.	nvarchar(50)	0
WaterDataSet	Water data set	RV=rivers, LK=lakes, GW=groundwater, TCM=transitional, coastal or marine waters, QA=water quantity.	nvarchar(255)	0
WaterBodyType	Water body type	RV=river, CN=canal, T=transitional water, C=coastal water, M=marine water.	nvarchar(2)	0
SeaConventionArea	Marine convention area	name of Marine Convention area of which regional sea is a part.	nvarchar(255)	0
Remarks	Remarks	remarks, comments or explanatory notes.	nvarchar(255)	0
StationSize	Station size	size of station based on upstream catchment area. Small < 50 km², Medium >= 50 km² and < 250 km², Large >= 250 km² and < 1000 km², Very Large >= 1000 km² and < 2500 km², Largest >= 2500 km².	nvarchar(50)	0
WaterBodyID	Water body ID	national identification code of water body (if applicable) in which station is located. Water body as required/defined by the WFD. A water body may have more than one station in it.	nvarchar(255)	0
WaterBodyName	Water body name	name of water body in which station is located. Water body as required/defined by the WFD. A water body may have more than one station in it.	nvarchar(255)	0
RiverbasinDistrict	River basin district	name or identifier of the River Basin District in which the water body is located. River Basin Districts as required/defined by the Water Framework Directive.	nvarchar(255)	0
SeaAreaName	Sea area name	name of the local sea into which the river discharges or in which the TCM station is located. SeaAreaName may be the same as WaterBodyName.	nvarchar(255)	0
SeaRegionName	Sea region name	name of regional sea of which local sea area is a part.	nvarchar(255)	0
WaterbaseName	Waterbase name	name of the monitoring station for rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal and marine waters and water quantity, or the name of the groundwater body.	nvarchar(255)	0
NationalStationid	National station ID	identifier of the river or lake monitoring stations, the water quantity station, the transitional, coastal or marine flux or montoring station, all unique at the national level. A transitional, coastal or marine station should be a geographically fixed location, an area in which actual sampling locations vary from survey to survey or an area within a defined salinity range within which samples have been taken. Each station is referred to be its single, central location. For transitional, coastal or marine flux stations, the NationalStationID should be the same as that provided for the river flux station.	nvarchar(255)	0
RiverName	River name	national name of river.	nvarchar(255)	0
CatchmentName	Catchment name	name of major catchment or basin.	nvarchar(255)	0
Region	Region	national region in which water body is located.	nvarchar(255)	0
StationType	Station type	type of monitoring station: B=reference, F=flux, I=impact, L=largest, most important, R=representative. Stations can be of more than one type, listed alphabetically with no separator (e.g. FL).	nvarchar(50)	0