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WFD Transitional and Coastal Water Bodies Cycle 4 Classification 2025 (Simplified)
This is a polygon dataset showing Water Framework Directive (WFD) Transitional (Estuary) and Coastal Water Bodies. This dataset provides attribution relating to the 2025 classification results, as well as other relevant information and data about each transitional and coastal water body. It comprises both the transitional and the coastal water bodies used for the WFD. Article 2, clause 6 of the WFD defines transitional water bodies as ‘…bodies of surface water in the vicinity of river mouths whi
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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=3afe4808-911a-4f14-b48f-21d6b67102b0&fileName=Notes on Attribution for Surface Water Datasets July 2026.docx
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/512d641a-8f62-4e9b-b6ce-d343c2d96b8e/wfd-transitional-and-coastal-water-bodies-cycle-4-classification-2025-simplified
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