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211 datasets found

  • Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), December

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green,...

    Last updated: June 27, 2019

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    • soil-erosion
    • erosion-control
    • erosion
    • soil
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Grayling population of national importance: distribution area

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data on grayling populations of national im-portance includes four subproducts; the distribution area layer includes the sections of watercourses with 20 major grayling...

    Last updated: September 5, 2011

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    • environment
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  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Molybdenum

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Element-Konzentrationen (mg/kg Feinerde) in den Oberböden (0–20 cm) der Schweiz. Für die Ordinary Kriging Interpolationen (1 km x 1 km) wurden Messdaten von insgesamt...

    Last updated: June 30, 2023

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    • soil
    • soil
    • biogeochemistry
    • atlas
    • interpolation
    • confederation
    • soil-mapping
    • soil-properties
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Air pollution by particulate matter PM2.5

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    "Particulate matter" (PM2.5) refers to particles less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter. These particles are formed during industrial and commercial production processes, combustion...

    Last updated: January 1, 2025

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    • pollutant
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • 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

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    • natural-hazard
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    • natural-risk-analysis
    • natural-risk-zones
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  • Amphibians appendix 3

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    There are currently 19 different amphibian species that live in Switzerland, and nearly all of them are included in the Red List of Threatened Species. The areas that contain...

    Last updated: December 1, 2025

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    • API
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Map of seismic subsoil categories according to the standard SIA 261

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The site class is a required indication to determine the seismic action for a structure according to the building code SIA 261. The maps of site classes are indicative maps and are...

    Last updated: August 13, 2025

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    • API
    • microzonation
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • earthquake
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    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Air pollution by Ozone

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Ground-level ozone has negative impacts on human health and vegetation. High levels in particular lead to irritation of the respiratory tract and lung tissue. In plants, high ozone...

    Last updated: January 1, 2025

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    • air-pollutant
    • air
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Impatiens glandulifera

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

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  • Air pollution by nitrogen dioxide

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The term "nitrogen oxides" (NOx) embraces nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and nitrogen monoxide (NO). Nitrogen oxides form in the combustion of motor and heating fuels, especially when...

    Last updated: January 1, 2025

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    • air-pollutant
    • air
    • pollutant
    • atmospheric-conditions
    • human-health-and-safety
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • e-geoch
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Reynoutria sachalinensis

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring...

    Last updated: April 2, 2015

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • environment
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure