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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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- water-geographic
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- gewiss
Tranquillity Map

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The "Tranquillity Map of the Swiss Plateau" illustrates where areas of near-natural character and low noise pollution still exist near large settlements within the Swiss Plateau....

Last updated: August 24, 2021
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- natural-areas-landscape-ecosystems
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- leisure-facility
- green-belt
- tranquility
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Reynoutria japonica

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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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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- environment
- habitats-and-biotopes
- protected-sites
- e-geoch
- biodiversity
- federal-inventory
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- air-hygiene
- biodiversity
- federal-inventory
National Ecological Network REN, extensive agricultural area

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

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

Last updated: February 14, 2011
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- habitats-and-biotopes
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Modelled altitudinal vegetation belts for 2085 with dry future climate

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

This map shows the altitudinal vegetation belts of forest vegetation in Switzerland for the period 2070-2099 assuming a dry future climate. The following altitudinal vegetation...

Last updated: September 16, 2021
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- forest-resource
- wood
- forest-ecology
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Wildlife network system

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

First, known wildlife corridors were recorded from existing data at the cantonal level, and potential corridors were detected by GIS and then divided into wildlife corridors of...

Last updated: February 19, 2013
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- fauna
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- biotope-network
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Viburnum rhytidophyllum

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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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Toxicodendron radicans

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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- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Mean daily temperature high in July, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 2.6

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Mean daily temperature high in July (period 2070-2099). The temperature increase of the climate scenario was added to the map «Air temperature July 1981-2010». Among the...

Last updated: April 1, 2022
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- forestry
- climate
- air
- climate
- air
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Modelled altitudinal vegetation belts for 1975

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
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:...

Last updated: September 9, 2021
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- forest-ecology
- forest-resource
- wood
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
“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
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- natural-risk
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- natural-risk-analysis
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Solanum carolinense

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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- environment
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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
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- flooding
- surface-runoff
- thunderstorm
- flood
- natural-risk-analysis
- danger-analysis
- rain
- natural-risk
- natural-hazard
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Mean daily temperature high in July, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 8.5

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Mean daily temperature high in July (period 2070-2099). The temperature increase of the climate scenario was added to the map «Air temperature July 1981-2010». Among the...

Last updated: April 1, 2022
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- forestry
- climate
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- climate
- air
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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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- inventory
- biotope
- arid-land
- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- federal-inventory
- biodiversity
Diffuse total nitrogen inputs into waters, modelled values

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Nitrogen inputs into waters represent an undesirable pollution load. Under the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR),...

Last updated: January 1, 2023
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- nitrogen
- agriculture
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- water-geographic
Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Elodea nuttallii

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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- environment
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
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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- biotope
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- protected-sites
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Precipitation sum April-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 8.5

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months April to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to...

Last updated: April 1, 2022
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- forestry
- storm-damage
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure

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