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4 datasets found

  • “Aquaprotect” areas of flooding: 500-year recurrence period

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The areas of flooding included in “Aquaprotect” take the form of a rough overview (prepared with the aid of basic methods) of areas of Switzerland that are susceptible to damage...

    Last updated: December 18, 2008

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • natural-risk
    • natural-hazard
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Overland flow map

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    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...

    Last updated: February 9, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • flooding
    • surface-runoff
    • thunderstorm
    • flood
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • danger-analysis
    • rain
    • natural-risk
    • natural-hazard
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • “Aquaprotect” areas of flooding: 250-year recurrence period

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The areas of flooding included in “Aquaprotect” take the form of a rough overview (prepared with the aid of basic methods) of areas of Switzerland that are susceptible to damage...

    Last updated: December 18, 2008

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • natural-risk
    • natural-hazard
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Aquaprotect” areas of flooding: 100-year recurrence period

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The areas of flooding included in “Aquaprotect” take the form of a rough overview (prepared with the aid of basic methods) of areas of Switzerland that are susceptible to damage...

    Last updated: December 18, 2008

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • natural-hazard
    • natural-risk
    • natural-risk-analysis
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure