HYDEX is the relational database that contains inventory information on the various streamflow, water level, and sediment stations (both active and discontinued) in Canada. This database contains information about the stations themselves such as; location, equipment, and type(s) of data collected.
HYDAT is a relational database that contains the actual computed data for the stations listed in HYDEX. These data include: daily and monthly means of flow, water levels and sediment concentrations (for sediment sites). For some sites, peaks and extremes are also recorded.
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HYDAT
Additional Info
- Project: National Water Data Archive
- Dataset Title: HYDAT
- Orginator: Water Survey of Canada
- Institution Type: gov't - federal
- Author: NA
- Distributor: Water Survey of Canada
- Reports: Unknown
- Data Type: GIS
- Délı̨nę District: yes
- K’asho Got’ı̨nę District: yes
- Tulı́t’a District: yes
- Time Period: unknown
- Source Date: ongoing
- Version: unknown
- Access Constraints: open download - no login
- Use Constraints: unknown
- Completion Status: ongoing
- Maintenance: quarterly
- Maintenance Frequency: quarterly
- Metadata Available: yes
- Metadata Contact: Address: Environment Canada National Inquiry Response Team 77 Westmorland Street Suite 260 Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 6Z3 Fax: 506-451-6010 TTY: 819-994-0736
- Spatial Extent: Canada
- Traditional Knowledge: no
- Wildlife: yes
- Habitat: yes
- Keywords: water quality, monitoring, fish, stream, river, flow
- Data Category: vector
- Format: other
- Feature Type: point
- Dataset Descriptive Name: HYDAT: National Water Data Archive
- File Name: Hydat.mdb
- Scale: unknown
- Projection: unknown
- Downloadable: yes
- Downloadable Format: other