Fluvial Public Domain on the Rhine-Meuse Basin: State-Managed Watercourses

A 2020 dataset from the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières delineates the public inland waterway domain in the Rhine-Meuse basin. It consists of watercourses belonging to the State, local and regional authorities, or their groups. The domain is managed primarily by Routes navigables de France (VNF) and other public bodies.

Use Cases

• Map public vs. private waterway boundaries based on the domain delimitation.
• Analyze state-managed river infrastructure for maintenance planning based on the described management bodies.
• Assess land-use regulations adjacent to public watercourses based on the domain classification.

Strengths

• The dataset is based on official decrees from the Council of State for delimitation.
• It specifies the multiple public authorities responsible for managing the domain.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2020-11-26 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

Collection Method

Administrative delimitation by decree.

Freshness

2020-11-26 00:00:00

Geography

Rhine-Meuse Basin, France