dataset · England
WFD River Basin Districts Cycle 4
This is a polygon dataset showing River Basin Districts, created to meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). River Basin Districts are large reporting units containing multiple water bodies. River Basin Districts are the largest reporting units under the WFD, and each will contain many Management Catchments. The WFD defines River Basin Districts as '…the area of land and sea, made up of one or more neighbouring river basins together with their associated groundwaters and coa
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Evidence quality: 43.6
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
Evidence
- https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=d079408b-78f9-48cb-b10d-3d79a2d300f2&fileName=WFD_River_Basin_Districts_Cycle_4.gdb.zip
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/c6dded10-910b-4d99-8eaf-d61b83f94e19/wfd-river-basin-districts-cycle-4
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