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en

Definitions

A unit of surface water, being the whole (or part) of a stream, river or canal, lake or reservoir, estuary or stretch of coastal water. A groundwater water body is a defined area of an aquifer with geological and hydrological boundaries to ensure consistency and avoid fragmentation ( Environment Agency, UK, WWW20170526 http://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/glossary#w)

DefGEMET: Any mass of water having definite hydrological, physical, chemical and biological characteristics and which can be employed for one or several purposes. (Source: FLGISA)

Part of speech

Noun (male)

Base form

water body

Inflectionals

water bodies, water body

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Source Notes

de

Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32000L0060&from=en

de

GEMETID9151

Change Notes

Initial version
fo on 2007-02-11
Last change
Barbara Fock on 2021-01-12