Change in the extent of open and groundwater over time

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This indicator contains some alternative data to those specified by the United Nations (UN). This indicator is the most suitable match currently available.

For information on UK’s water management plan, such as challenges that threaten UK’s water environment and how these challenges can be managed please see River basin management plans, updated 2022 summary programmes of measures.

Series

Series

Unit of Measurement

Unit of Measurement

Sub-categories

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Sub-categories - Water type
Sub-categories - Geography (HydroBASINs ID)
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Headline data

Source: European Commission's Joint Research Centre, UN Environment, and Google

Geographical Area: United Kingdom

Unit of Measurement: Percentage change (%) and Square kilometres (km²)

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Change in open water body extent over time Proxy

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  • Ephemeral

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from UK statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from UK statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other UK-specific metadata information.

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