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The WISE Water Framework Directive database contains data from the River Basin Management Plans reported by EU Members States, Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom according to article 13 of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The database includes information about surface water bodies (number and size, water body category, ecological status or potential, chemical status, significant pressures and impacts, and
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WISE Water Framework Directive Database
Published: 1 Oct 2021
Temporal coverage: 2000-
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