Groundwater Resources of the World (WHYMAP GWR)

The World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme (WHYMAP) provides data and information about the earth´s major groundwater resources. The Groundwater Resources Map shows various characteristic groundwater environments in their areal extent and classified by their aquifer productivity and recharge potential. Additional groundwater related features such as wetlands and areas of low rainfall are included in the dataset.
 
Citation proposal
. Groundwater Resources of the World (WHYMAP GWR). https://gdk.gdi-de.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/29949f35-6fe1-4775-bc97-62274a30c70b
 

Identification

Data identification

Citation

Alternate title
WHYMAP GWR
Date ( Revision )
2010-01-19
Edition
v1.0
Identifier
010a4885-4f3b-4285-99de-14ab983c18ee
Status
completed Completed

  Point of contact

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Geologie
  • Geology
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4 ( Theme )
  • Grundwasser
  • Hydrogeologie
  • Groundwater
  • Hydrogeology
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Aquifer
  • Grundwasserneubildung
  • Groundwater recharge
  • Grundwasservorkommen
  • Groundwater resources
  • Grundwasserentnahme
  • Groundwater abstraction
Keywords ( Place )
  • Weltweit
  • World-wide

Legal constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions

Legal constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen, s.: https://www.bgr.bund.de/AGB - General terms and conditions, s. https://www.bgr.bund.de/AGB_en; Die bereitgestellten Informationen sind bei Weiterverwendung wie folgt zu zitieren: Datenquelle: WHYMAP, (C) BGR Hannover & UNESCO Paris
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
25000000
Metadata language
eng English
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
N
S
E
W


 

Distribution

Distribution

Distribution format
  • Shapefile (n/a )

Digital transfer options

Transfer size
27
OnLine resource
WHYMAP GWR (Shapefile)  

WHYMAP GWR im Format ESRI Shape

OnLine resource
Website  
OnLine resource
Karte im BGR-Geoviewer  

Karte im BGR-Geoviewer

 

Quality

Data quality

Scope

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Statement
World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme (WHYMAP)
 

Metadata

Metadata

File identifier
29949f35-6fe1-4775-bc97-62274a30c70b   XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Hierarchy level name
Grundwasser
Date stamp
2025-03-12
Metadata standard name
INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119
Metadata standard version
n/a

  Point of contact

Website
https://www.bgr.bund.de  
 
 

  Overviews

  Provided by

  Views

Read here the full details and access to the data.

  Associated resources

Not available