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240 datasets found

  • General situation of groundwater levels and spring discharges

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map provides an overview of the current groundwater levels and spring discharges in Switzerland. Percentiles based on the daily values of the reference period 1991–2020 are...

    Last updated: September 21, 2016

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    • hydrology
    • water-geographic
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  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Magnesium

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolated element concentrations (mg/kg fine soil) in the topsoil (0-20 cm) of Switzerland. For the Ordinary Kriging interpolations (1 km x 1 km), measurement data from a total...

    Last updated: June 30, 2023

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    • soil
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    • biogeochemistry
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    • metallic-mineral
    • atlas
    • confederation
    • soil-mapping
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Arsenic

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Arsen-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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    • biogeochemistry
    • nutrient-content
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    • interpolation
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    • soil
    • mineral-resources
    • confederation
    • soil-mapping
    • soil-quality
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
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  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Uranium

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Uran-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-mapping
    • soil
  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Copper

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Kupfer-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-quality
    • soil
  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Antimony

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Antimon-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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    • confederation
    • soil-mapping
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Nickel

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Nickel-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-mapping
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  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Sodium

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Natrium-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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  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Iron

    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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    • interpolation
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    • soil-mapping
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  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Sulfur

    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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  • Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Chromium

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Interpolierte Chrom-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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    • confederation
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  • NAQUA-QUANT Monitoring sites (NAQUA National groundwater monitoring)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    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...

    Last updated: January 30, 2015

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    • water-geographic
    • hydrology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Monthly rainfall erosivity (R-factor) maps of Switzerland in MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹, November

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Monthly rainfall erosivity maps (R-factor maps) of Switzerland with a spatial resolution of 100 m. The maps show the spatial and seasonal variability of rainfall erosivity in MJ...

    Last updated: February 27, 2020

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    • soil
    • erosion
    • erosion-control
    • precipitation-enhancement
    • soil-erosion
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • e-geoch
  • Map of potential permafrost distribution

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    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...

    Last updated: December 31, 2005

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    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • Map of past earthquakes in Switzerland and neighbouring regions

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    ECOS09 is the earthquake catalogue of Switzerland and bordering regions. It integrates the following sources: - Macroseismic Earthquake Catalogue of Switzerland (MECOS 02) with...

    Last updated: April 28, 2011

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    • earthquake
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  • Natural water balance for the whole of Switzerland and important large catchment areas

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Environment

    The water balance includes the main components of the water cycle. The FOEN calculates the water balance for Switzerland and its large river basins every year. The water balance...

    Last updated: December 31, 2024

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    • water
  • Grosse Hochwasserabflüsse in der Schweiz

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Environment

    Verzeichnis grosser Hochwasserabflüsse in schweizerischen Einzugsgebieten, zusammengestellt von der Scherrer AG im Auftrag des BAFU. Daten ab 1900, einzelne Werte von früher.

    Last updated: December 7, 2018

    • ODS
    • high-water
  • National priority species

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Environment

    This publication presents the 2025 updated list of priority species at the national level. National priority is based on both the degree of threat at the national level and...

    Last updated: July 14, 2025

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  • National priority species

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Environment

    Die Liste der National Prioritären Lebensräume ergänzt die Liste der National Prioritären Arten. Die Priorität ergibt sich aus dem Gefährdungsgrad sowie der Verantwortung, welche...

    Last updated: June 30, 2025

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  • Basis for determining Q347 flow rate

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    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...

    Last updated: January 1, 2000

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