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Temporary Dataset Download: Net erosion and sediment transport using WaTEM/SEDEM (for EU)

Dataset Access Expires on

22-February-2026

Notifications

  1. The data provided has been prepared for use by internal research activities in European Soil Data Centre (Sustainable Resources Directorate, JRC Ispra) in the context of developing the new Soil Loss Map by watrer erosion of Europe .
  2. The data were developed for research purposes of the JRC (European Commission). The JRC does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error, missing data or omission in the data, or for any loss or damage arising from its use. The JRC agrees to provide the data free of charge but is not bound to justify the content and values contained in the databases.
  3. The permission to use the data specified above is granted on condition that, under NO CIRCUMSTANCES are these data passed to third parties. They can be used for any purpose, including commercial gain.
  4. The user agrees to:
       a) Make proper reference to the source of the data when disseminating the results to which this agreement relates;
       b) Participate in the verification of the data (e.g. by noting and reporting any errors or omissions discovered to the JRC).

 

Download the data

We make available the sediments data in three types: 1. Sediment transport (100m resolution) ; 2. Sediment losses at catchment scale; 3. Sediment transport (25m resolution).

1. Sediment transport. Net soil loss (negative values); deposition (positive values) at 100m resolution; EU-28 Member states (Size: 2.5 GB).

The data include also mxd files (for different ArcGIS versions) and .LYR file.

Note: We recomend the use of 25m resolution as the 100m is for illustrative purposes. Negative sign means soil loss; positive sign mean deposition.

2. We also make available the sediment losses at catchment scale.In practice, we estimate the sediments per catchment using the pan-European river and catchments database named CCM.

 

Reference:

Borrelli, P., Van Oost, K., Meusburger, K., Alewell, C., Lugato, E., Panagos, P. 2018. A step towards a holistic assessment of soil degradation in Europe: Coupling on-site erosion with sediment transfer and carbon fluxes.  Environmental Research, 161: 291-298.

Panagos, P., Matthews, F., Patault, E., De Michele, C., Quaranta, E., Bezak, N., Kaffas, K., Patro, E.R., Auel, C., Schleiss, A.J. and Fendrich, A., Liakos, L., Van Eynde, E., Vieira, D., Borrelli, P. 2024. Understanding the cost of soil erosion: An assessment of the sediment removal costs from the reservoirs of the European Union. Journal of Cleaner Production, 434: 140183.

 

3. There have been increasing requests to make also available data at 25m. Due to high volume of data, we provide them per countrty (links below correspond to Country ISO codes). 

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Borrelli, P., Van Oost, K., Meusburger, K., Alewell, C., Lugato, E., Panagos, P. 2018. A step towards a holistic assessment of soil degradation in Europe: Coupling on-site erosion with sediment transfer and carbon fluxes.  Environmental Research, 161: 291-298.

Panagos, P., Matthews, F., Patault, E., De Michele, C., Quaranta, E., Bezak, N., Kaffas, K., Patro, E.R., Auel, C., Schleiss, A.J. and Fendrich, A., Liakos, L., Van Eynde, E., Vieira, D., Borrelli, P. 2024. Understanding the cost of soil erosion: An assessment of the sediment removal costs from the reservoirs of the European Union. Journal of Cleaner Production, 434: 140183.

Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
ID 124808
Date - Time Sun, 02/08/2026 - 15:05
Name of User Antonino Granata
Organization River Basin Authority of Sicily
Type of Organization Public Administration (Ministries, Agencies, Municipalities, ...)
-- Other
E-mail antoninogranata960@gmail.com
Purpose The aim is to use the data to develop studies for the mitigation of sediment input to reservoirs and to plan measures to combat soil erosion in the river basins.
Notes

When making reference to the ESDAC

  • Panagos, P., Van Liedekerke, M., Borrelli, P., Köninger, J., Ballabio, C., Orgiazzi, A., Lugato, E., Liakos, L., Hervas, J., Jones, A.  Montanarella, L. 2022. European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(6), e13315. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13315
  • Panagos P., Van Liedekerke M., Jones A., Montanarella L., “European Soil Data Centre: Response to European policy support and public data requirements”; (2012) Land Use Policy, 29 (2), pp. 329-338. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.07.003
  • European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC), esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu, European Commission, Joint Research Centre