MARS GeoDatabase (MARSgeoDB)
The MARSgeoDB is developed in accordance with the WISE concept and builds on the EEA ECRINS database (European Catchments and Rivers Network System), consisting of river segments, lakes and about 100,000 sub-catchments (FECs) covering Europe, EFTA states and further, hydrologically connected areas to the east.
The GeoDatabase includes various spatial layers of information, which can be of use for River Basin Management:
- Meteorological and hydrological data (WorldClim - Global Climate Data; Waterbase - Water Quantity)
- Land use and land cover data for catchments (Copernicus CORINE) and floodplains (Copernicus Riparian Zone)
- Population density data (SEDAC, Gridded Population of the World; EEA, Population density)
- Agricultural data from EUROSTAT
- Data from WATERBASE – Rivers and WATERBASE - UWWTD: Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive – reported data
- European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR)
- Information of WFD water body codes, national water body types and European broad water types (Lyche Solheim et al., 2015)
