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Waterbase is the generic name given to the EEA's databases on the status and quality of Europe's rivers, lakes, groundwater bodies and transitional, coastal and marine waters, and on the quantity of Europe's water resources.

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Waterbase - Quantity: Stations

The Stations table contains the physical characteristics of the Eurowaternet water quantity monitoring stations. Each station has been assigned a unique Waterbase identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the Stations with their respective QuantityWater data.

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DataSource	Data Source	source of data: Eurowaternet, ICES, OSPAR, HELCOM, UNEP/MAP or BSC." varchar(50) No WaterDataSet Water Data Set "RV = River, LK = Lake, GW = Groundwater, TCM = Transitional, Coastal or Marine water, QA = Water Quantity.	varchar(50)	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(200)	0
NationalStationID	National Station ID	national station identifier for rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal and marine waters and water quantity monitoring station. For transitional, coastal and marine waters, areas are recorded and reported as a discrete location, but location may relate to a station at a fixed geographical point, a broader area in which sampling locations vary from survey to survey or an area within a defined salinity range within which samples have been taken. When calculating loads, the national station identifier used should be the same ID previously supplied to represent the (flux) river monitoring station.	nvarchar(50)	0
IndexStation	Index Station	index station for precipitation or discharge monitoring, used for spatial aggregation (1 = yes, 0 = no).	int(4)	0
PrecipitationStation	Precipitation Station	rain gauge station which also measures snowfall (1 = yes, 0 = no).	int(4)	0
ReferenceStation	Reference Station	reference discharge monitoring station located in a river section with a flow regime as natural as possible or with only slight anthropogenic influence (1 = yes, 0 = no).	int(4)	0
FluxStation	Flux Station	flux discharge monitoring station located in the mouth of a river or on national boundary (1 = yes, 0 = no).	int(4)	0
Latitude	Latitude	(Y) International geographical co-ordinates of the monitoring station in decimal degrees format.	float(8)	0
CatchmentArea	Catchment Area	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
RiverName	River Name	River name at the national level.	nvarchar(100)	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 name (ISO 3166-1)	official short name in English.	nvarchar(100)	0
WaterbaseID	Waterbase ID	internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the monitoring station for rivers, lakes, transitional, coastal and marine waters and water quantity, and groundwater bodies, in the format CountryCode_WaterDataSet_NationalStationID (e.g. GB_RV_12345). WaterDataSet: RV = rivers, LK = lakes, GW = groundwater, TCM = transitional, coastal and marine waters, QA = water quantity.	varchar(200)	-1
WaterDataSet	Water Data Set	RV = River, LK = Lake, GW = Groundwater, TCM = Transitional, Coastal or Marine water, QA = Water Quantity.	varchar(3)	0

quantity_stations.mdb (application/msaccess)
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quantity_stations.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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quantity_stations.xls (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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Waterbase - Quantity: QuantityWater

The QuantityWater table contains data on water resources measured at Eurowaternet monitoring stations. Each station has been assigned a unique Waterbase identifier (WaterbaseID) which can be used to link the QuantityWater data with their respective Stations data.

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Value	Value	measured value of determinand	float(8)	0
Year	Year	year of aggregation period, or year in which sample taken, in format YYYY	int(4)	0
Unit	Unit	unit of measurement	nvarchar(30)	0
CountryCode	Country code	ISO 3166-alpha-2 code elements	varchar(2)	0
WaterbaseID	WaterbaseID	Internally produced, unique identifier used to represent the quantity monitoring stations.	varchar(200)	-1
Determinand	Determinand	determinand name	nvarchar(200)	0

quantity_water.dbf (dBASE document)
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quantity_water.mdb (application/msaccess)
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quantity_water.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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quantity_water.xls (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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Additional information

Quantity: metadata of the QuantityWater table

Quantity: metadata of the QuantityWater table (text/comma-separated-values)
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Quantity: metadata of the Stations table

Quantity: metadata of the Stations table (text/comma-separated-values)
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Metadata

Reporting obligations (ROD)

WISE SoE - Water Quantity (WISE-3)

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:

Annual Daily Maximum Precipitation, Mean Annual Precipitation: mm Mean Annual Discharge, Annual Discharge Exceeded 95 % of the time at all Gauging Station-Types, Annual Maximum Discharge at all Gauging Station-Types: m³/s

Data sources

The European Topic Centre on Water. Version 1, date of delivery (date sent to the Data Service): 20/04/2004

Owners:

European Environment Agency (EEA)

Processors:

European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine waters (ETC/ICM)

Additional information

Waterbase contains timely, reliable and policy-relevant data collected from EEA member countries through the Eurowaternet (EWN) process. EWN selects validated 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. The added value of Waterbase is that data collected through the EWN process are from statistically stratified monitoring stations and groundwater bodies and are comparable at the European level. Waterbase data are primarily used in the production of the EEA's indicator-based factsheets.

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