Description: Polygons of lakes in the United Kingdom compiled for the purposes of UK Lakes application from Ordnance Survey Panorama in Great Britain and Water Framework Directives lakes in Northern Ireland. This is not a full set of lakes in the UK but a subset that facilitates National Biodiversity Network data retrieval for predefined set of lakes. This version contains lakes larger than 10 hectares.
Short Name: UK_Lakes_10ha
Metadata contact organization: CEH Lakes Portal
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Reference date: 2015-10-02
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Licence notes: Lake polygon geometry in Northern Ireland is based upon Crown Copyright and is reproduced with the permission of Land & Property Services under delegated authority from the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Crown copyright and database rights, EMOU206.2. Northern Ireland Environment Agency Copyright 2015. Lake polygon geometry in Great Britain is based on Ordnance Survey data and contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Type: Contextual (polygonal)
Classification: UK ⇒ Water Management Unit; Habitat
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Data language: en
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More information: https://eip.ceh.ac.uk/apps/lakes/
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