GDE HEVAE NSW: Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems in New South Wales

GDE HEVAE NSW is a geospatial dataset from the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water. It provides information on groundwater-dependent ecosystems across New South Wales, Australia. The data is accessible via an ArcGIS REST API and was initially published on 28/08/2024.

Use Cases

• Map the distribution of groundwater-dependent ecosystems based on the geospatial data.
• Assess environmental water requirements for ecosystems based on groundwater dependency.
• Support water resource planning and policy development based on ecosystem mapping.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative state agency, the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water.
• The dataset uses standard spatial reference systems (WGS84/GDA94 and EPSG:3857).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water

Freshness

Data was last updated on the platform on 2026-05-28.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia