Coastal Interbasins: Hydrological Units for Water Framework Directive Management

Coastal interbasins are parcels of land defined under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) legislation for hydrological monitoring and management. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service under the OGL-UK-3.0 license and is available in multiple geospatial formats. It covers areas in Northern Ireland where land between river and coastal water bodies did not warrant classification as a river water body.

Use Cases

• Delineate hydrological management units based on the defined coastal interbasin parcels.
• Support environmental monitoring programs for areas not classified as river water bodies.
• Inform water resource management policy in Northern Ireland based on the transposed WFD regulations.

Strengths

• Data is derived from formal legislation (Water Framework Directive) providing a legal basis for its structure.
• 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

Defined and likely collected for regulatory compliance with the Water Framework Directive.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated: unknown

Geography

Northern Ireland