diff --git a/pygeoapi/api/__init__.py b/pygeoapi/api/__init__.py
index f96220080..1bef627c0 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/api/__init__.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/api/__init__.py
@@ -1282,6 +1282,17 @@ def describe_collections(api: API, request: APIRequest,
                         }
                     }
 
+            filter_dims = p.get_dims()
+            if filter_dims:
+                collection['filter_dims'] = {}
+                for key, value in filter_dims.items():
+                    collection['filter_dims'][key] = {
+                        'id': key,
+                        'type': 'Dimension',
+                        'name': value['title'],
+                        'values': value['values']
+                    }
+
             for qt in p.get_query_types():
                 data_query = {
                     'link': {
@@ -1500,6 +1511,38 @@ def validate_bbox(value=None) -> list:
     return bbox
 
 
+def validate_filter_dims(query_string=None) -> dict:
+    if query_string is None:
+        LOGGER.debug('dims is empty')
+        return {}
+
+    if not isinstance(query_string, str):
+        msg = 'dimension query must be string'
+        LOGGER.debug(msg)
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+    checked = {}
+    for pair in query_string.split(','):
+        if ':' not in pair:
+            msg = """filter dimension and value must be separated by a colon ':' """ # noqa
+            LOGGER.debug(msg)
+            raise ValueError(msg)
+
+        key, value = map(str.strip, pair.split(':', 1))
+        if not key or not value:
+            msg = f"""Empty key or value in pair: '{pair}'"""
+            LOGGER.debug(msg)
+            raise ValueError(msg)
+
+        if key in checked:
+            msg = f"""Duplicate key found: '{key}'"""
+            LOGGER.debug(msg)
+            raise ValueError(msg)
+
+        checked[key] = value
+
+    return checked
+
+
 def validate_datetime(resource_def, datetime_=None) -> str:
     """
     Helper function to validate temporal parameter
diff --git a/pygeoapi/api/environmental_data_retrieval.py b/pygeoapi/api/environmental_data_retrieval.py
index b1642d02c..b80042636 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/api/environmental_data_retrieval.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/api/environmental_data_retrieval.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 )
 
 from . import (APIRequest, API, F_COVERAGEJSON, F_HTML, F_JSON, F_JSONLD,
-               validate_datetime, validate_bbox)
+               validate_datetime, validate_bbox, validate_filter_dims)
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -298,6 +298,11 @@ def get_collection_edr_query(api: API, request: APIRequest,
     if isinstance(parameternames, str):
         parameternames = parameternames.split(',')
 
+    LOGGER.debug('Processing dims parameter')
+    dims = request.params.get('dims')
+    if dims:
+        dims = validate_filter_dims(dims)
+
     bbox = None
     if query_type in ['cube', 'locations']:
         LOGGER.debug('Processing cube bbox')
@@ -364,6 +369,7 @@ def get_collection_edr_query(api: API, request: APIRequest,
         format_=request.format,
         datetime_=datetime_,
         select_properties=parameternames,
+        dims=dims,
         wkt=wkt,
         z=z,
         bbox=bbox,
diff --git a/pygeoapi/openapi.py b/pygeoapi/openapi.py
index 6492e3b8c..281a35407 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/openapi.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/openapi.py
@@ -609,6 +609,21 @@ def get_oas_30_parameters(cfg: dict, locale_: str):
                 'type': 'string'
             }
         },
+        'dims': {
+            'name': 'dims',
+            'in': 'query',
+            'description': 'Allows to select dims from multi dimensional EDR',
+            'required': False,
+            'style': 'form',
+            'explode': False,
+            'schema': {
+                'type': 'string',
+                'items': {
+                    'type': 'string'
+                },
+                'format': 'dim1:value1,dim2:value2'
+            }
+        },
         'bbox': {
             'name': 'bbox',
             'in': 'query',
diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/base.py b/pygeoapi/provider/base.py
index 538c076a9..be6f11834 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/base.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/base.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ def __init__(self, provider_def):
         self.properties = provider_def.get('properties', [])
         self.file_types = provider_def.get('file_types', [])
         self._fields = {}
+        self._dims = {}
         self.filename = None
 
         # for coverage providers
diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/base_edr.py b/pygeoapi/provider/base_edr.py
index 96f6417fb..cb458fbb0 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/base_edr.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/base_edr.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ def query(self, **kwargs):
         :param wkt: `shapely.geometry` WKT geometry
         :param datetime_: temporal (datestamp or extent)
         :param select_properties: list of parameters
+        :param dims: dims to select data from
         :param z: vertical level(s)
         :param format_: data format of output
         :param bbox: bbox geometry (for cube queries)
diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/xarray_.py b/pygeoapi/provider/xarray_.py
index 9ed2726b1..c3c909960 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/xarray_.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/xarray_.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def __init__(self, provider_def):
             self.axes = self._coverage_properties['axes']
 
             self.get_fields()
+            self.get_dims()
         except Exception as err:
             LOGGER.warning(err)
             raise ProviderConnectionError(err)
@@ -123,6 +124,28 @@ def get_fields(self):
 
         return self._fields
 
+    def get_dims(self):
+        fields = [self.time_field, self.x_field, self.y_field]
+        if not self._dims:
+            for key, value in self._data.coords.items():
+                if key not in fields:
+                    LOGGER.debug('Adding filterable dim')
+                    dtype = value.dtype
+                    if dtype.name.startswith('float'):
+                        dtype = 'float'
+                    elif dtype.name.startswith('int'):
+                        dtype = 'int'
+                    else:
+                        dtype = 'str'
+                    LOGGER.debug(f"""key: {key} with type: {type(value.values.tolist()[0])}""") # noqa
+                    self._dims[key] = {
+                        'type': type(value.values.tolist()[0]),
+                        'title': value.attrs.get('long_name'),
+                        'x-ogc-unit': value.attrs.get('units'),
+                        'values': value.values.tolist()
+                    }
+        return self._dims
+
     def query(self, properties=[], subsets={}, bbox=[], bbox_crs=4326,
               datetime_=None, format_='json', **kwargs):
         """
diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/xarray_edr.py b/pygeoapi/provider/xarray_edr.py
index f5bf543f2..d901b8bbf 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/xarray_edr.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/xarray_edr.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from pygeoapi.provider.base import ProviderNoDataError, ProviderQueryError
+from pygeoapi.provider.base import (ProviderNoDataError, ProviderQueryError,
+                                    ProviderInvalidQueryError)
 from pygeoapi.provider.base_edr import BaseEDRProvider
 from pygeoapi.provider.xarray_ import (
     _to_datetime_string,
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ def position(self, **kwargs):
         :param wkt: `shapely.geometry` WKT geometry
         :param datetime_: temporal (datestamp or extent)
         :param select_properties: list of parameters
+        :param dims: dict of dimensions to filter
         :param z: vertical level(s)
         :param format_: data format of output
 
@@ -96,6 +98,8 @@ def position(self, **kwargs):
         LOGGER.debug('Processing parameter-name')
         select_properties = kwargs.get('select_properties')
 
+        dims = kwargs.get('dims')
+
         # example of fetching instance passed
         # TODO: apply accordingly
         instance = kwargs.get('instance')
@@ -114,6 +118,30 @@ def position(self, **kwargs):
             else:
                 data = self._data
 
+            if dims:
+                string_query = {}
+                if isinstance(dims, dict):
+                    for coord, level in dims.items():
+                        if coord in self._dims:
+                            if self._dims[coord]['type'](level) in self._dims[coord]['values']: # noqa
+                                if self._dims[coord]['type'] == str:
+                                    string_query[coord] = self._dims[coord]['type'](level) # noqa
+                                else:
+                                    query_params[coord] = self._dims[coord]['type'](level) # noqa
+                            else:
+                                raise ProviderInvalidQueryError(
+                                    user_msg=(
+                                        f"Invalid Value '{level}' for Dimension Parameter '{coord}'. " # noqa
+                                        f"Valid Values are '{self._dims[coord]['values']}'" # noqa
+                                    )
+                                )
+
+                            data = data.sel(string_query)
+                        else:
+                            raise ProviderInvalidQueryError(user_msg=f"""Invalid Dimension Parameter '{coord}'""") # noqa
+
+            LOGGER.debug(query_params)
+
             if self.time_field in query_params:
                 remaining_query = {
                     key: val for key, val in query_params.items()
@@ -150,6 +178,7 @@ def position(self, **kwargs):
         bbox = wkt.bounds
         out_meta = {
             'bbox': [bbox[0], bbox[1], bbox[2], bbox[3]],
+            'dims': dims,
             "time": time,
             "driver": "xarray",
             "height": height,
@@ -203,6 +232,8 @@ def cube(self, **kwargs):
         if datetime_ is not None:
             query_params[self.time_field] = self._make_datetime(datetime_)
 
+        dims = kwargs.get('dims')
+
         LOGGER.debug(f'query parameters: {query_params}')
         try:
             if select_properties:
@@ -210,6 +241,29 @@ def cube(self, **kwargs):
                 data = self._data[[*select_properties]]
             else:
                 data = self._data
+
+            if dims:
+                string_query = {}
+                if isinstance(dims, dict):
+                    for coord, level in dims.items():
+                        if coord in self._dims:
+                            if self._dims[coord]['type'](level) in self._dims[coord]['values']: # noqa
+                                if self._dims[coord]['type'] == str:
+                                    string_query[coord] = self._dims[coord]['type'](level) # noqa
+                                else:
+                                    query_params[coord] = self._dims[coord]['type'](level) # noqa
+                            else:
+                                raise ProviderInvalidQueryError(
+                                    user_msg=(
+                                        f"Invalid Value '{level}' for Dimension Parameter '{coord}'. " # noqa
+                                        f"Valid Values are '{self._dims[coord]['values']}'" # noqa
+                                    )
+                                )
+
+                            data = data.sel(string_query)
+                        else:
+                            raise ProviderInvalidQueryError(user_msg=f"""Invalid Dimension Parameter '{coord}'""") # noqa
+
             data = data.sel(query_params)
             data = _convert_float32_to_float64(data)
         except KeyError:
@@ -226,6 +280,7 @@ def cube(self, **kwargs):
                 data.coords[self.x_field].values[-1],
                 data.coords[self.y_field].values[-1]
             ],
+            'dims': dims,
             "time": time,
             "driver": "xarray",
             "height": height,
diff --git a/tests/api/test_api.py b/tests/api/test_api.py
index 90492b613..7e5c0e0b2 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/api/test_api.py
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
 
 from pygeoapi.api import (
     API, APIRequest, FORMAT_TYPES, F_HTML, F_JSON, F_JSONLD, F_GZIP,
-    __version__, validate_bbox, validate_datetime, evaluate_limit,
-    validate_subset, landing_page, openapi_, conformance, describe_collections,
-    get_collection_schema,
+    __version__, validate_bbox, validate_filter_dims, validate_datetime,
+    evaluate_limit, validate_subset, landing_page, openapi_, conformance,
+    describe_collections, get_collection_schema,
 )
 from pygeoapi.util import yaml_load, get_api_rules, get_base_url
 
@@ -778,6 +778,39 @@ def test_validate_bbox():
         validate_bbox('1,2,6,4,5,3')
 
 
+def test_validate_filter_dims():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as error:
+        validate_filter_dims(123)
+    assert error.type == ValueError
+    assert error.match('dimension query must be string')
+
+    assert validate_filter_dims('key1:val1') == {'key1': 'val1'}
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as error:
+        validate_filter_dims('key1val1')
+    assert error.type == ValueError
+    assert error.match("filter dimension and value must be separated by a colon ':' ")  # noqa
+
+    assert validate_filter_dims('key1:val1,key2:val2') == {'key1': 'val1',
+                                                           'key2': 'val2'}
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as error:
+        validate_filter_dims('key1:val1,key1:val2')
+    assert error.match("""Duplicate key found: 'key1'""")
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as error:
+        validate_filter_dims(':val1,key1:val2')
+    assert error.match("Empty key or value in pair: ':val1'")
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as error:
+        validate_filter_dims('key1:,key1:val2')
+    assert error.match("Empty key or value in pair: 'key1:'")
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as error:
+        validate_filter_dims('')
+    assert error.match("filter dimension and value must be separated by a colon ':' ")  # noqa
+
+    assert validate_filter_dims(None) == {}
+
+
 def test_validate_datetime():
     config = yaml_load('''
         temporal: