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Figure 5.1 Distribution of ecological status or potential of classified rivers, lakes, coastal and transitional waters, calculated as percentage of the total number of classified water bodies (upper panel: number given in brackets)or total length (classified rivers) or surface area (classified lakes, coastal and transitional waters) (lower panel: length or surface area given in brackets).

Notes: See chapter 3 for methodology used for assessing ecological status or potential and appendix notes for figure 5.0 on countries reporting and water bodies classified. For length/area issues see appendix notes.