{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-60/annex-II/division-1/division-1.2/division-1.2.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-60/annex-II/division-1/division-1.2/division-1.2.4.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2000/60",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-60",
  "path": "annex/II/division/1/division/1.2/division/1.2.4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.2.4",
  "heading": "Coastal Waters",
  "text": "System A\nFixed typology\nDescriptors\nEcoregion\nThe following as identified on map B in Annex XI:\nBaltic Sea\nBarents Sea\nNorwegian Sea\nNorth Sea\nNorth Atlantic Ocean\nMediterranean Sea\nType\nBased on mean annual salinity\n< 0,5 ‰ freshwater\n0,5 to < 5 ‰ oligohaline\n5 to < 18 ‰ mesohaline\n18 to < 30 ‰ polyhaline\n30 to < 40 ‰ euhaline\nBased on mean depth\nshallow waters < 30 m\nintermediate (30 to 200 m)\ndeep > 200 m\nSystem B\nAlternative characterisation\nPhysical and chemical factors that determine the characteristics of the coastal water and hence the biological community structure and composition\nObligatory factors\nlatitude\nlongitude\ntidal range\nsalinity\nOptional factors\ncurrent velocity\nwave exposure\nmean water temperature\nmixing characteristics\nturbidity\nretention time (of enclosed bays)\nmean substratum composition\nwater temperature range",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2000/60/annex/II/division/1/division/1.2/division/1.2.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:01.769169+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}