Nièvre Watercourses Subject to French Environmental Code Classification

The Dataset Direct Download Service (WFS): Watercourses subject to the Nièvre Water Act (58) is a geospatial layer from the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM). It classifies watercourses in the Nièvre department of France based on legal criteria from Articles L.214-1 to L.214-6 of the French Environmental Code and case law. The dataset was last updated on February 9, 2022.

Use Cases

• Map watercourse legal status based on the three cumulative criteria of bed permanence, flow rate, and source power.
• Support environmental compliance and permitting decisions based on the legal definition of watercourses.
• Analyze regional hydrological features for water resource management in the Nièvre department.
• Validate watercourse designations against cadastral and IGN map references mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Classification is based on specific legal articles (L.214-1 to L.214-6) and established case law from October 21, 2011.
• Provides official reference information from the French State Services in the Nièvre.
• Dataset is provided by the authoritative geological and mining research organization BRGM.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2022-02-09 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES (BRGM)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from legal classification and cartographic sources.

Freshness

Last updated 2022-02-09 00:00:00

Geography

Nièvre department (58), France