River basins

A division of the UK land area based on the Water Framework Directive River Basin Districts.

In detail

One of three pre-defined aggregated areas used in UKCP09. Probabilistic climate projections have been provided as an average of all UKCP09 25 km grid squares that comprise each river basin.

UKCP09 river basins for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are based on the Water Framework Directive River Basin Districts. Due to its large geographical area, Scotland has been further sub-divided based on river basin management Advisory Group Boundaries.

• Maps showing the UKCP09 projections are available for each river basin area.

Find out more

• Defra’s Water Framework Directive pages

• Information about and map (pdf, 360 KB) of Water Framework Directive River Basin Districts in England and Wales

• Information about and map (pdf, 850 KB) of Water Framework Directive River Basin Districts in Northern Ireland

• Information about and map (jpeg, opens in a new window) of Advisory Group Boundaries in Scotland

Download a larger version (pdf, 290 KB).