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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Catchment boundaries for England, Scotland and Wales based on existing Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) and SEPA catchments (WGS84) 2023</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dataset</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=009_CEFASabaec233-69b5-485e-930c-cc5b419e24f3</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">This dataset contains the boundaries for river catchments in England, Scotland 
and Wales based on the dataset `Hydrological sections for England, Scotland 
and Wales with associated river catchment 2023, Water Framework Directive 
(WFD) waterbody and regional information (WGS84)`_ These catchment boundaries 
have been derived from hydrological sections, have boundaries almost identical 
to existing Fish Health Inspectorate river catchments, and include complete 
coverage of the waterbodies under the Water Framework Directive.

Note this dataset includes catchments in England, Scotland and Wales. Scotland 
catchments are taken from Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) 
catchments. For coverage of England and Wales only use `Catchment boundaries 
for England and Wales based on existing Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) 
catchments 2023 (WGS84)`_

There are 2 versions of the dataset; a geographical coordinate reference 
system (CRS) WGS84 (EPSG 4326) and a projected CRS British National Grid (BNG 
- EPSG 27700) see `Catchment boundaries for England, Scotland and Wales 
based on existing Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) and SEPA catchments (BNG) 
2023`_


.. _`hydrological sections for england, scotland and wales with associated river catchment 2023, water framework directive (wfd) waterbody and regional information (wgs84)`:
 https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/21968

.. _`catchment boundaries for england and wales based on existing fish health inspectorate (fhi) catchments 2023 (wgs84)`:
 https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/21755

.. _`catchment boundaries for england, scotland and wales based on existing fish health inspectorate (fhi) and sepa catchments (bng) 2023`:
 https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/21967</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">20240730 20231206</dc:date>
</oai_dc:dc>
