58 datasets found

Organizations: Federal Office for the Environment FOEN Formats: ZIP Draft: False Terms of use: NonCommercialAllowed-CommercialWithPermission-ReferenceRequired

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  • National Ecological Network REN, watercourses / lakes

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Ecological Network (REN) was developed in close collaboration with cantonal authorities for the protec-tion of nature and landscapes. It issues a technical/sciencif...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
  • National Ecological Network (REN), forest area

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Ecological Network (REN) was developed in close collaboration with cantonal authorities for the protec-tion of nature and landscapes. It issues a technical/sciencif...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
  • Overland flow map

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The areas affected by overland flow were determined using a simplified method the over entire Switzerland and Liechtenstein. They were determined by modelling without any verifi...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
  • Distribution of ibex colonies

    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    After being resettled in 1906, Alpine (Capra) ibex live in colonies of varying sizes throughout the Alpine region and in the Jura mountains. Because the growth of stocks in spec...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • Comparison of discharge and water gauge data with hazard levels

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the current discharge at all the stations, as compared with flood hazard levels.

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
  • 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...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies: Area outlets

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The "Area outlets" data set is part of the "Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies" geodata set. It consists of point objects that represent the area outlets for a p...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies 2 km²

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data set ‹sub-basins 2 km²› is the central element of the geodata set. It is made up of a comprehensive mosaic of over 22,000 topographically defined sub-basin areas that ca...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • General situation of groundwater levels and spring discharges

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map provides an overview of the current groundwater levels and spring discharges in Switzerland compared with the expected conditions. The data is shown as below, above or e...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
  • Swiss water topographical catchment areas: Main river section

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data set “Main river section” is part of the geo dataset “Swiss water topographical catchment areas”. The main river in ​​a catchment area is the body of water that leaves t...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • National Ecological Network (REN), dry habitat

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National Ecological Network (REN) was developed in close collaboration with cantonal authorities for the protec-tion of nature and landscapes. It issues a technical/sciencif...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
  • Map of potential permafrost distribution

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the potential permafrost distribution in Switzerland based on modelling. In Switzerland, above 2400 metres the ground can be permanently frozen, depending on its g...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
  • Daytime road traffic noise exposure

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the daytime road traffic noise to which the population is exposed. The data is based on area-wide model calculations (sonBASE). Switzerland's entire road network, ...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • HTML
  • General situation of rivers and lakes

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the current Swissriver discharges and lake water levels compared with the monthly percentiles of the long term hourly averages (expressed in percentiles). The perc...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
  • Modelled altitudinal vegetation belts for 1975

    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    This map shows the altitudinal belts of forest vegetation in Switzerland for the period 1961-1990. The following altitudinal vegetation belts only occur in the southern valleys:...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
  • Stations hydrological forecasts

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map provides an overview of stations forecasted by FEWS.

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
  • Basis for determining Q347 flow rate

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Water Protection Act specifies how appropriate residual flows can be determined. This applies to new water withdrawals and also to existing withdrawals for which concessions...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • Generalised background map for the representation of hydrological data

    Regions and cities, Environment

    In addition to the outline of Switzerland, the generalised background map displays a simplified, reduced watercourse network and some selected cities for improved orientation at...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • NAQUA-QUANT Monitoring sites (NAQUA National groundwater monitoring)

    Regions and cities, Environment

    Groundwater is the result of the percolation of rainfall and the infiltration of river water. Groundwater levels and spring discharges therefore respond – though possibly with a...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
  • HQStat flood statistics

    Regions and cities, Environment

    Data on flood events is managed and statistically evaluated by the FOEN; the findings are made available in the form of result sheets. A systematic statistical evaluation of flo...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • Production regions NFI

    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    According to the geometry of the data set, Switzerland is divided into five areas, namely Jura, Central Plateau, Pre-Alps, Alps, and the southern side of the Alps. They represen...

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • WMS
    • API
    • RDF XML
  • FOEN basic monitoring network for surfaces water

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data show the locations of the stations in the basic monitoring network of the Hydrology Division of the FOEN. It includes all stations currently listed on the FOEN’s home p...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • Tranquillity Areas

    Regions and cities, Environment

    Based on the "Tranquillity Map of the Swiss Plateau" and its calculated "tranquillity" values, certain recreational areas were derived. For this purpose, areas that did not fall...

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • ZIP
    • GPKG
  • Mapping of Floodplains of National Importance

    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    In order to give cantons the option of taking the protection of floodplains of probable national importance into their own hands as quickly as possible, the Swiss Agency for the...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • Amphibian migration conflicting with traffic

    Regions and cities, Environment

    Since the mid-1950s, the number of amphibians being killed on roads has increased dramatically. Every year, hundreds of thousands of amphibians cross roads in Switzerland during...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
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