INSPIRE Annex III: Hydromorphological Measures for Water Bodies 2021-2027

INSPIRE Annex III data assigns hydromorphological measures from the third management plan's catalogue to water bodies across the European Union. The dataset is published by the Administration du Cadastre et de la Topographie and was last updated in May 2026. It aims to identify measures likely to reduce pressures on water bodies and improve or maintain their ecological status.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing restoration projects based on assigned hydromorphological measures per water body.
• Analyzing the planned use of measures like ecological continuity restoration or river morphology enhancement.
• Assessing the spatial distribution of hydromorphological interventions for the 2021-2027 planning cycle.

Strengths

• Data is structured according to the INSPIRE Annex III standard for geospatial environmental reporting.
• Covers the detailed programme of measures for the 2021-2027 management cycle.
• Published under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain dedication license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

Administration du Cadastre et de la Topographie

Collection Method

Assignment of measures from the third management plan's catalogue to water bodies.

Time Range

Programme period 2021-2027

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-10 00:20:36; freshness should be verified.

Geography

European Union (implied by INSPIRE and EU data platform)