Coastal Interbasins for Water Framework Directive Monitoring in Northern Ireland

Coastal Interbasins are parcels of land defined under the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) that lie between river bodies and transitional or coastal waters. The dataset supports the WFD's hydrological monitoring and management framework, as transposed into Northern Ireland legislation via the 2017 and 2019 regulations. It is provided by the Government Digital Service under an open government license.

Use Cases

• Delineating hydrological units for environmental monitoring based on the Water Framework Directive legislation.
• Supporting water management planning for areas not classified as river water bodies.
• Analyzing spatial relationships between river, transitional, and coastal water bodies.

Strengths

• Data is defined by specific EU and national legislation (Water Framework Directive and Northern Ireland 2017/2019 regulations).
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (KML, ESRI SHAPE, GEOJSON) for interoperability.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Likely Northern Ireland, based on the referenced national legislation.