Land Use

Land use information is derived from the Land Cover Map 2000 (LCM2000). The raster variant of the land cover maps with 25 m cell size was used as input.

Since 2016, the proportion of urban area shown on the land use pages is calculated directly from the Land Cover Maps as indicated below. The urban extent parameter previously presented on NRFA website was the URBEXT2000 catchment descriptor. URBEXT2000 for each station is still available along with URBEXT1990 as an FEH Catchment Descriptor.

Land Cover Map 2000 (LCM2000) and NRFA Land Cover Classes 2000 (LCM2000NRFA)

Proportions of land cover classes based on Land cover Map 2000 raster with 25 m cell size and proportions of aggregated land cover classes as indicated in the table below.