[REQUEST] Add Belgium-Flanders

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Data source
Provider:

• Hydrological Information Centre - HIC (Flanders)

Base endpoint:

• https://hicws.vlaanderen.be/KiWIS/KiWIS

Documentation:

• https://hicws.vlaanderen.be/Manual_for_the_use_of_webservices_HIC.pdf

Terms / service entry point:

• https://hicws.vlaanderen.be/

Type of data portal

• The portal provides direct API/webservice access via a KiWIS endpoint.
• Data and metadata can be downloaded programmatically; it is not limited to homepage display.
• No registration or authentication was required for the endpoints used here.
• Relevant KiWIS services include getStationList, getTimeseriesList, and getTimeseriesValues.

Country/Countries/Regions

• Belgium: Flanders

Variables

• daily discharge (156169)
• daily water stage (156162)
• daily water temperature (156200)

Station list
Yes. A station list can be obtained directly from the KiWIS API with getStationList.

Example endpoint:

• https://hicws.vlaanderen.be/KiWIS/KiWIS?service=kisters&type=queryServices&request=getStationList&datasource=4&format=json&returnfields=station_no,station_name,station_latitude,station_longitude,site_name,ca_sta&ca_sta_returnfields=

Code snippets
Code already implemented in the respective branch: belgium-flanders.