Sand type

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Sand type

Layer Info
Category	Management
Sub-category	Environmental conditions
Editable	No

Description

MSP Challenge

In the MSP Challenge this layer is editable and provides insight into the current

Sand Extraction Edition

Types

• Very fine sand
• Fine sand
• Moderately coarse sand
• Coarse and very coarse sand

Metadata

Data Source

Rijkswaterstaat

Original Title

zand_ncp

Description

The 'zand_ncp' layer from Rijkswaterstaat is a polygon layer that provides information about the coarseness of sand in various areas. It describes the sand’s grain size, ranging from very fine to coarse and very coarse.

Methodology

The original vector layer was rasterized into 50m cells, then reclassified by table to values between 0 and 255.

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Baltic Sea Edition.

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Not applicable.

This layer is not available in the Adriatic Sea Edition.

Not applicable.

This layer is not present in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.