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 Surface water bodies
Characteristic Description
Name Surface water bodies by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2013) and Classification of global status; Irregular
Regularity Triennial
Source Portuguese Environment Agency
First available period 2012
Last available period 2021
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2013)
  • Classification of global status
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
  • FRESH SURFACE WATER:  Water which flows over, or rests on the surface of a land mass, natural watercourses such as rivers, streams, brooks, lakes, etc., as well as artificial watercourses such as irrigation, industrial and navigation canals, drainage systems, alluvium (subsurface water) and natural and artificial reservoirs. Excluded are sea-water, permanent bodies of stagnant water both natural and artificial, and transitional waters, such as brackish swamps, lagoons and estuaries.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations The Indicator translates the combination between the status/ ecological potential and the chemical status of surface water bodies (natural or artificial) and corresponds to the worst state evaluated between the two.
Last update date 23/11/2022


information presented in 26/4/2024