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WFD River Water Body Catchments Cycle 4 Classification 2025 (Simplified)
This is a polygon dataset showing Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Water Body Catchments. The catchments are associated with a single river water body. This dataset also contains coastal catchments which are the areas of land that drain to coastal waters without passing through a defined WFD River Water Body. Coastal catchments usually include small streams with catchments less than 10km2, and all beaches. This dataset provides attribution relating to the 2025 classification results, as wel
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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=7f8a213a-41f0-4491-801e-67bfd86f05ba&fileName=Notes on Attribution for Surface Water Datasets July 2026.docx
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/c171758a-59bf-45af-98f4-77a45f5592f3/wfd-river-water-body-catchments-cycle-4-classification-2025-simplified
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