Watersheds (version 1.1)

WatershedsData: A dataset of the ECRINS database for the river Weser basin, Germany.

Description

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has been developed the Catchments and Rivers Network System (ECRINS) version 1.1. The ECRINS is the hydrographical system currently in use at the European level as well as widely serving as the reference system for the Water Information System (WISE) (EEA,2012). The current version of ECRINS is based on previous work carried out by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Catchment Characterisation and Modelling (CCM) and the EEA (European Lakes, Dams and Reservoirs Database (Eldred2), European Rivers and Catchments (ERICA)), (EEA,2012).

Usage

data(WatershedsData)

format

basin:

an object SpatialPolygonsDataFrame as is defined in package sp that represents the river Weser basin. The data slot contains 6 variables as attributes of 1 obaservation.

ctry:

an object SpatialPolygonsDataFrame as is defined in package sp that represents the administrative boundary of Germany. The data slot contains 6 variables as attributes of 1 obaservation.

node:

an object SpatialPointsDataFrame as is defined in package sp that represents the nodes of the ECRINS river network of the river Weser basin. The data slot contains 13 variables as attributes of 3882 obaservations.

rAller

an object SpatialLinesDataFrame as is defined in package sp that represents the basin of the river Aller, a major tributary of the river Weser. The data slot contains 74 variables as attributes of 88 observations.

rDiemel

an object SpatialLinesDataFrame as is defined in package sp that represents the basin of the river Diemel, a major tributary of the river Weser. The data slot contains 74 variables as attributes of 39 observations.

rFulda

an object SpatialLinesDataFrame as is defined in package sp that represents the basin of the river Fulda, a major tributary of the river Weser. The data slot contains 74 variables as attributes of 82 observations.

rHunte

an object SpatialLinesDataFrame as is defined in package sp that represents the basin of the river Hunte, a major tributary of the river Weser. The data slot contains 74 variables as attributes of 34 observations.

river

an object SpatialLinesDataFrame as is defined in package sp that represents the ECRINS river network of the river Weser basin. The data slot contains 52 variables as attributes of 3874 observations.

rWerra

an object SpatialLinesDataFrame as is defined in package sp that represents the basin of the river Werra, a major tributary of the river Weser. The data slot contains 74 variables as attributes of 120 observations.

rWeser

an object SpatialLinesDataFrame as is defined in package sp that represents the basin of the river Weser. The data slot contains 74 variables as attributes of 104 observations.

rWiumme

an object SpatialLinesDataFrame as is defined in package sp that represents the basin of the river Wiumme, a major tributary of the river Weser. The data slot contains 74 variables as attributes of 18 observations.

station

an object SpatialPoints as is defined in package sp that represents a point of interest for which the watershed will be aggregated an ordered. Could be a point with the coordinates of a measurement station.

subbasin

an object SpatialPolygonsDataFrame as is defined in package sp that represents the subbasins of the tributaries of the river Weser. The data slot contains 4 variables as attributes of 4 observations.

zhyd

an object SpatialPolygonsDataFrame as is defined in package sp that contains the primary hydrological units of the river Weser basin accordingly with ECRINS. The data slot contains 50 variables as attributes and 915 observations.

References

European Environment Agency - EAA. (2012). EEA catchments and rivers network system, ECRINS v1.1. rationales, building and improving for widening uses to Water Accounts and WISE applications (EEA Technical report No. 7/2012). (Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union).

Examples

data(WatershedsData)

	# plotting river Weser basin
	plot(WatershedsData$ctry)
	plot(WatershedsData$basin, col="green4", add=TRUE)
	title("River Weser basin, Germany")

	# plotting river Weser basin
	plot(WatershedsData$ctry)
	plot(WatershedsData$basin, col="green4", add=TRUE)
	title("River Weser basin, Germany")

	# plotting subbasins river Weser basin
	plot(WatershedsData$basin)
	plot(WatershedsData$subbasin, col="green3",add=TRUE)
	plot(WatershedsData$rWeser,col="blue",lwd=2,add=TRUE)
	plot(WatershedsData$rAller,col="blue",lwd=1,add=TRUE)
	plot(WatershedsData$rDiemel,col="blue",lwd=1,add=TRUE)
	plot(WatershedsData$rFulda,col="blue",lwd=1,add=TRUE)
	plot(WatershedsData$rHunte,col="blue",lwd=1,add=TRUE)
	plot(WatershedsData$rWerra,col="blue",lwd=1,add=TRUE)
	plot(WatershedsData$rWiumme,col="blue",lwd=1,add=TRUE)
	title("Subbasins River Weser")

	# plotting primary zhyd watersheds and drainage network inside river Werra subbasin
	# subsetting the river Werra subbasin
	id = list(gIntersects(WatershedsData$rWerra, WatershedsData$subbasin,byid=TRUE))
	subbasin_rWerra = SpDF_Subset(id,WatershedsData$subbasin)
	plot(subbasin_rWerra)
	
	# subsetting the river Werra zhyd watersheds
	id = list(gIntersects(WatershedsData$rWerra, WatershedsData$zhyd,byid=TRUE))
	zhyd_rWerra = SpDF_Subset(id,WatershedsData$zhyd)
	plot(WatershedsData$rWerra,col="blue",lwd=1,add=TRUE)
	plot(zhyd_rWerra,col="green3",add=TRUE)
	title("Subbasin River Weser and primary zhyd watersheds")

	# subsetting the river Werra river drainage watersheds
	id = list(gIntersects(subbasin_rWerra, WatershedsData$river,byid=TRUE))
	river_rWerra = SpDF_Subset(id,WatershedsData$river)
	plot(subbasin_rWerra)
	plot(WatershedsData$rWerra,col="blue",lwd=3,add=TRUE)
	plot(river_rWerra,col="blue1",add=TRUE)
	title("Subbasin River Weser and drainage network")