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Springs and swallow holes in karst regions
Regions and cities, Environment
The Karst springs and swallow holes layer shows the main points where groundwater emerges from the karst system as well as important infiltration points. Distinctions are made b...
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Underground flow paths in karst regions
Regions and cities, Environment
The Underground flow paths layer indicates the probable direction taken by the groundwater in karst regions within the catchments towards the relevant spring. These interpretati...
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Extent of groundwater resources in karst regions
Regions and cities, Environment
The Karst water resources layer shows the extent of the water-saturated zone of a karstified aquifer projected to the surface. It is determined by the karst water level and ther...
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Catchments in karst regions
Regions and cities, Environment
The Karst catchments layer depicts those areas where seepage water flows into a specific spring and feeds it. Catchments can occasionally overlap, namely where sections of them ...
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Catchment units in karst regions
Regions and cities, Environment
The Karst catchment units layer consists of the unit areas from which similar groundwater flow behaviour towards the karst spring can be expected. In particular, it allows for t...
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Hydrogeological map of Switzerland 1:100000
Regions and cities, Environment
Published by the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, the specialist office of the Swiss Geological Survey responsible for hydrogeology.The hydrogeological map 1:100,000 sho...
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Groundwater heat utilisation potential
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The thermal energy stored in groundwater can be used for heating purposes. With groundwater heat pump systems, the heat can be extracted from the groundwater and transferred to ...
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Hydrogeological Map of Switzerland: Groundwater Resources 1:500000
Regions and cities, Environment
The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) is the body within the Swiss Geological Survey responsible for hydrogeology. The 1:500,000 Hydrogeological Map forms part of the Ge...
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Groundwater temperature
Regions and cities, Environment
The map provides an overview of Switzerland's current groundwater temperatures. The calculation is based on percentiles of the dataset for the standard period 1991–2020 or, in t...
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Groundwater bodies of Switzerland
Regions and cities, Environment
The groundwater bodies layer shows a simplified and comprehensive breakdown of hydrogeological overview units for Switzerland. The groundwater bodies here have not been develope...