Rivers (France)

A river water body is a distinct and significant part of surface waters such as a river, stream, or canal, or a section of a river, stream, or canal, serving as the basic division of aquatic environments intended to be the assessment unit under the Water Framework Directive (WFD).

The criteria for defining river water bodies are:

A water body belongs to a single hydro-ecoregion.
The dominant fish population based on the fish context (salmonid, cyprinid, intermediate).
Size class (Strahler stream order).

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Original title Tronçons hydrographiques - Métropole 2024 - BD Topage®
Original abstract Une masse d'eau de rivière est une partie distincte et significative des eaux de surface telles qu'une rivière, un fleuve ou un canal, une partie de rivière, de fleuve ou de canal, constituant le découpage élémentaire des milieux aquatiques destinée à être l'unité d'évaluation de la DCE. Les masses d'eau rivières sont dérivées du thème hydrographique BDCarthage® v3 de la BDCarto®. Les critères de réalisation des masses d'eau rivère sont : - Une masse d’eau appartient à une seule hydroécorégion - Le peuplement piscicole dominant basé sur le contexte piscicole (Salmonicole, Cyprinicole, Intermédiaire) - Classe de taille (rang de confluence de strahler) Le code de la masse d'eau est structuré de la manière suivante : Code du type de la masse d'eau + Code du bassin (district au sens de la dce) + Incrément Correspondance rapportage DCE : cette entité correspond au concept de River Water Body (RWBODY) de WISE.
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  • physical_characteristics
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Resource language English
Domain area
  • france_terrestrial_area
Owner Sandre
Provider Sandre
Data portal sandre.eaufrance.fr
Presentation form Map (map represented in raster or vector form)
Spatial representation Vector - line (or polyline)
Coordinate reference system epsg:4326 - WGS84 (degree)
Web services OGC-WFS
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Temporal extent 2024-05-22
2025-10-31
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Validation level Official data
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Metadata completeness Complete
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Additional info - MSP - Environment

Species, habitats, ecosystems, pressures

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        WFD

          Additional info - MSP - Oceanographic and CC

          Physics, biochemistry, EOV, ECV

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            Additional info - MSP - Conservation

            Protected areas, OECM, IBA, EBSA, CCH, IMMA, ...

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              Zonation

              Additional info - MSP - Maritime activities

              Aquaculture, fishing, transport, energy, ...

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              Activity types

                Additional info - MSP - Coastal & Land use and planning

                Land use, land cover, planning (strategic, coordination, operational)

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                Types

                  Additional info - MSP - Socio-economic

                  Living and non-living resources, shipping, tourism, energy, ...

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                  Activity types
                    Value types
                      Categories Unemployment in coastal areas

                      Additional info - MSP - Ecosystem Services

                      Provisioning, regulation & maintenance, cultural

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                      CICES classes

                        Additional info - MSP - Legal, Governance & Planning

                        Strategic, legislation, planning, administrative, enforcement

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                        Themes
                          Functions
                            Who is in charge?

                            Additional info - MSP - Relevance

                            Relevance of the dataset / resource in supporting the MSP process at different spatial scales and temporal frames

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                            Relevance (spatial and temporal)