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UID 1090
Name Water Framework Directive (WFD) Canals Cycle 2
Description It identifies canal waterbodies managed under the European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC — Cycle 2 River Basin Management Plans) across Wales. Derived as a subset extracted from the Natural Resources Wales Detailed River Network—with non-essential attributes removed and geometries merged on the unique water body identifier (WB_ID)—the layer represents canal centrelines that link directly to associated WFD ecological and chemical classification tables.
Update Frequency Periodic Update
Area National
Temporal 28 Nov. 2016 - 30 Oct. 2026
Timeliness Latest version available
Data Policy Freely accessible
Data type Geospatial data
Copernicus service product
Data format Vector dataset
Quality Control Procedure N/A
Dissemination View and Download Service
Inspire themes

Annex I: Hydrography

Geographical Coverage

United Kingdom

Status Operational
State Draft
Created on Nov. 12, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
Last modified on Nov. 12, 2026, 2:04 p.m.

Data Providers

Data provider UID Data provider Role Is network Created on Last modified on
1317 Natural Resources Wales Originator Nov. 12, 2026, 2:05 p.m. Nov. 12, 2026, 2:05 p.m.

Requirements

Requirement UID Requirement Level of compliace Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last modified on