Nitrate Leaching Vulnerability to Groundwater for Drenthe Province (2006)

A geospatial dataset mapping vulnerability to nitrate leaching into groundwater, based on a 2006 historical snapshot. The classification aligns with the Provincial Environment Plan of Drenthe from 2004, dividing sand and discharge soils into three Gt groups derived from the Gd card. The dataset is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark license.

Use Cases

• Modeling groundwater contamination risk based on soil vulnerability classification.
• Regional environmental planning and policy assessment based on alignment with the Drenthe Provincial Environment Plan.
• Soil science research based on the Gt group classification system for sand and discharge soils.

Strengths

• Classification is explicitly aligned with a formal provincial environmental plan (Drenthe Provincial Environment Plan, 2004).
• Soil types are categorized into a defined Gt group system (Gt I–V, Gt VI, Gt VII and VIII).
• Data provenance is clear, sourced from the Gd card and provided by a national ministry.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and format require manual inspection after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Derived from the Gd card, classification aligned with the Drenthe Provincial Environment Plan.

Time Range

2006 (historical snapshot)

Freshness

Historical data from 2006; update frequency unknown.

Geography

Likely focuses on the province of Drenthe, Netherlands.