Federal Office for the Environment FOEN

The federal environmental authority. It is responsible for ensuring that natural resources are used sustainably, that the public is protected against natural hazards, and that the environment is protected from unacceptable adverse impacts.

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HQStat flood statistics

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
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 flood...

Last updated: January 1, 2014
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National Long-Term Surveillance of Swiss Rivers

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The National River Monitoring and Survey Programme (NADUF) tracks the concentrations of substances occurring in selected Swiss watercourses. NADUF, launched in 1972, is a project...

Last updated: December 7, 2022
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Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Nitrite

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring stations....

Last updated: March 26, 2014
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Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Phosphate

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring stations....

Last updated: March 26, 2014
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River basins (catchment areas)

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The river basins form the uppermost aggregation level for the "Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies" geodata set. The large areas with a surface area of usually more...

Last updated: December 1, 2019
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Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Nitrate

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring stations....

Last updated: March 26, 2014
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Swiss water topographical catchment areas: Main river section

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
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 the...

Last updated: July 1, 2010
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Database of total bedload (federal government)

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

A bedload transport database for surface waters throughout Switzerland. Following the devastating events of the summer of 1987, which caused major damage in many regions of...

Last updated: January 1, 2009
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Gauging stations for hydrological study areas

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Since 1957 the hydrology division of the FOEN has operated a network of hydrological study areas aimed at observing long-term changes in the water regime within Switzerland’s most...

Last updated: July 27, 2016
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Groundwater bodies of Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
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 developed...

Last updated: April 25, 2017
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Strahler stream order

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The stream order according to Strahler specifies the degree of branching of a hydrographic network. It forms the basis for morphological studies and descriptions of a watercourse....

Last updated: August 6, 2014
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Mean runoff (m³/s) and flow regime types for the river network of Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

For the entire Swiss river network natural runoff (m³/s) values (monthly and annual means) have been modeled and the flow regime types determined. «MQ-GWN-CH» constitutes a dataset...

Last updated: December 31, 2000
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Cantons NFI

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

According to the geometry of the data set, Switzerland is divided into cantons. Basel Stadt and Basel-Landschaft are considered as a single unit.

Last updated: January 1, 2021
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Floodplains outside of the federal inventary

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Of all the floodplains mapped throughout Switzerland, the objects which have not been included in the federal inventory have been compiled in this dataset. A distinction has been...

Last updated: November 1, 2017
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Ecomorphology Level F – Drop structures

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

To enable surface waters to be fully protected, their status must be known. The Modular Stepwise Procedure provides the framework for standardized investigation and assessment of...

Last updated: August 8, 2013
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Distribution of ibex colonies

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
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...

Last updated: March 31, 2021
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Federal Inventory of Dry Grasslands of National Importance - Addendum 2

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Dry grasslands are habitats with a wide variety of species that are marked by agricultural use. In accordance with the Federal Act on Protecting Nature and Cultural Heritage, the...

Last updated: December 1, 2025
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Emerald sites

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Emerald Network is a Europeanwide network that seeks to protect endangered animal and plant species and natural habitats listed in the Bern Convention. To obtain Emerald...

Last updated: September 17, 2009
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Federal Inventory of Dry Grasslands of National Importance (DGS)

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Dry grasslands are habitats with a wide variety of species that are marked by agricultural use. In accordance with the Federal Act on Protecting Nature and Cultural Heritage, the...

Last updated: December 1, 2025
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Map of the recent earthquakes (last 90 days) in and around Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map of the earthquakes of the last 90 days shows the current seismic activity in Switzerland and the nearby regions recorded by the Swiss Seismological Service at the ETH...

Last updated: November 1, 2016
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