Editing Stream gauge (section)

===United Kingdom===
The first routine measurements of river flow in England began on the [[River Thames|Thames]] and [[River Lea|Lea]] in the 1880s,<ref name=ceh_network>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceh.ac.uk/data/nrfa/hydrometry/network.html |title=The UK Gauging Station Network |work=Hydrometry in the UK |publisher=Centre of Ecology and Hydrology |access-date=29 March 2011}}</ref>  and in Scotland on the [[River Garry, Inverness-shire|River Garry]] in 1913.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sepa.org.uk/water/river_levels/river_level_monitoring_history.aspx |title= A brief history of river level monitoring in Scotland |publisher= Scottish Environment Protection Agency |access-date=29 March 2011}}</ref>  The national gauging station network was established in its current form by the early 1970s and consists of approximately 1500 flow measurement stations supplemented by a variable number of temporary monitoring sites.<ref name=ceh_network/>  The [[Environment Agency]] is responsible for collection and analysis of hydrometric data in England, [[Natural Resources Wales]] in Wales, whilst responsibility for Scotland and Northern Ireland rests with the [[Scottish Environment Protection Agency]] and [[Rivers Agency]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceh.ac.uk/data/nrfa/hydrometry/mas.html |title=Measuring Authorities |work=Hydrometry in the UK |publisher=Centre of Ecology and Hydrology |access-date=29 March 2011}}</ref>