France is divided into 12 basin districts, with 7 in metropolitan France and 5 overseas. This dataset describes the administrative boundaries of the two basin districts that intersect the Loiret department: the Loire-Bretagne Basin and the Seine-Normandie Basin. The data was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) and last updated on April 2, 2019.
Use Cases
- Map water resource administrative jurisdictions based on the described basin district boundaries.
- Analyze the intersection of communal divisions with basin districts for policy planning.
- Support environmental impact assessments by delineating the relevant administrative basin authorities for a given location in Loiret.
Strengths
- Dataset is provided by a national geological and mining research organization (BRGM).
- Explicitly defines the two basin districts (Loire-Bretagne and Seine-Normandie) covering the Loiret territory.
Limitations
- Last updated 2019-04-02 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-04-02 00:00:00
- Geography
- France, specifically the Loiret department and the Loire-Bretagne and Seine-Normandie basin districts.