Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems (England only)

Location of Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems (GWDTEs) in England assessed by the Environment Agency for the EU Water Framework Directive. Based on SSSI outlines from Natural England, filtered to include only those sites with wetland vegetation communities listed in UK Technical Advisory Group paper 5 a-b (2004). Note that the dataset is not exhaustive, and other groundwater dependent wetlands also exist in England. Note this dataset has been extracted from the England and Wales dataset 'GWDTEs_2014' created on 16/10/2014 Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved. © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [2016]