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The dashboard shows the numbers and size (areas and length) of the European surface water bodies. Several filters allow the user to explore the data for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) - River Basin Management Plan (RBMP). It is possible to select and display data from one or more countries, the EU 27 or "All" reporting countries.

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The table of the 3rd River Basin Management Plans shows the data of Countries that so far have reported electronically to the EEA for this third cycle and included in the "EU-27": Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden.

Norway has also reported

Tableau URL: https://tableau-public.discomap.eea.europa.eu/views/WFD_SWB_SurfaceWaterBody/SWB_NumberSize?%3Aembed=y&%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y

Water Framework DirectiveDelineation of water bodies, Surface waters
Water
  • Cyprus
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Malta
  • Denmark
  • United Kingdom
  • Sweden
  • Netherlands
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • Luxembourg
  • Ireland
  • France
  • Slovakia
  • Czechia
  • Italy
  • Slovenia
  • Croatia
  • Greece
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Finland
  • Hungary
  • Bulgaria
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Norway
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