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Data
Zipped personal geodatabase with transitional waters, version 1.0, polygon, vector
(ZIP archive)
Shapefile extracted from WISE Transitional waters version 1.0 geodatabase
Zipped shapefile with Transitional waters, vector
(ZIP archive)
NOTE: this version is preliminary, 0.1.
Zipped personal geodatabase with coastal waters, polygon, vector
(ZIP archive)
Shapefile extracted from the WISE RBDs version 1.3 geodatabase
Zipped shapefile with RBDs, version 1.3, polygon, vector
(ZIP archive)
Shapefile extracted from the WISE Coastal waters version 0.1 geodatabase. NOTE: this version is preliminary
Zipped shapefile with Coastal waters, vector
(ZIP archive)
WISE RBDs version 1.3 attributes
(dBASE document)
WISE RBD attribute description, excel format
(Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
WISE RBDs version 1.3 attributes
(Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
Geographic accuracy:
Scale of the data set:
Rights:
Methodology:
The national data sets were border harmonised using EuroGlobalMap 1:1 000 000 boundaries. The feature layer can be split into four RBD groupings by using the following queries: EU Member States RBDs: [EU_MS] = Y; non-EU Member State RBDs: [EU_MS] = N AND [intCode] = (empty); EU Member State international RBDs: [INTERNATIONAL] = Y AND [EU_MS] = Y; non-EU Member States international RBDs: [EU_MS] = N AND [INTERNATIONAL] = Y.
Coordinate reference system:
Data sources
Data reported by EU Member States, Norway and Switzerland under the Water Framework Directive, Article 3. The country borders were harmonised with EuroGlobalMap, EuroGeographics, www.eurogeographics.org. Catchments in non-EU Member States were extracted from CCM1, JRC.
Owners:
Processors:
The geographic area of some RBDs span more than one country (such as the Danube) and these are known as International RBDs. Others are contained completely within a country and are known as National RBDs. River basin districts are defined as the area of land and sea, made up of one or more neighbouring river basins together with their associated groundwaters and coastal waters, which is identified under Article 3(1) as the main unit for management of river basins. Coastal waters are defined as one nautical mile from the coastline and extending, where appropriate, up to the outer limit of transitional waters. Coastal waters are included in RBDs, but this is not consistenly reported by Member States. Transitional waters are defined as bodies of surface water in the vicinity of river mouths which are partly saline in character as a result of their proximity to coastal waters but which are substantially influenced by freshwater flows. For more information about European waters, please visit the WISE portal.
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/wise-river-basin-districts-rbds or scan the QR code.
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