World Karst Aquifer Map (WHYMAP WOKAM)

The World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme (WHYMAP) provides data and information about the earth´s major groundwater resources. The World Karst Aquifer Map (WOKAM) allows a more precise global quantification of karst systems. The map will help to increase awareness of karst groundwater resources in the context of global water issues and will serve as a basis for other karst-related research questions at global scales: for example those related to climate change, biodiversity, food production, geochemical cycles and urbanisation.

Identification

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Citation

Alternate title

WHYMAP WOKAM
Date (Publication)
2017-09-25
Citation identifier
6e557f76-ac0a-404b-bad1-045b291d88cd
Citation identifier
http://doi.org/10.25928/b2.21_sfkq-r406
Author
  Zhao Chen
Author
  Nico Goldscheider
Author
  Augusto Auler
Author
  Michel Bakalowicz
Author
  Stefan Broda
Author
  David Drew
Author
  Jens Hartmann
Author
  Guanghui Jiang
Author
  Nils Moosdorf
Author
  Andrea Richts
Author
  Zoran Stevanovic
Author
  George Veni
Author
  Aurélien Dumont
Author
  Alice Aureli
Author
  Patrick Clos
Author
  Martin Krombholz
Other citation details

Chen, Z., Goldscheider, N., Auler, A., Bakalowicz, M., Broda, S., Drew, D., Hartmann, J., Jiang, G., Moosdorf, N., Richts, A., Stevanovic, Z., Veni, G., Dumont, A., Aureli, A., Clos, P., Krombholz, M. (2017). World Karst Aquifer Map (WHYMAP WOKAM). BGR, IAH, KIT, UNESCO, doi: 10.25928/b2.21_sfkq-r406
Status
Completed
Point of contact
  Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
Wilhelmstr. 26 , Berlin , 13593 , DE

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geologie

  • Geology

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • Grundwasser

  • Hydrogeologie

  • Groundwater

  • Hydrogeology
Theme

  • Karst

  • Aquifer

  • Grundwasserneubildung

  • Groundwater recharge

  • Grundwasservorkommen

  • Groundwater resources

  • Grundwasserentnahme

  • Groundwater abstraction
Place

  • Weltweit

  • World-wide

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Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen, siehe https://www.bgr.bund.de/AGB - General terms and conditions, see https://www.bgr.bund.de/AGB_en . Die bereitgestellten Informationen sind bei Weiterverwendung wie folgt zu zitieren: Datenquelle: WHYMAP WOKAM, (C) BGR Berlin, IAH Reading, KIT Karlsruhe, UNESCO Paris 2017

Spatial representation type
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Denominator
25000000
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
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21
OnLine resource
WHYMAP WOKAM (Shapefile)

WHYMAP WOKAM im Format ESRI Shape

OnLine resource
Karte im BGR-Geoviewer
 

Quality

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Dataset

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Citation

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

siehe dazu die angegebene Durchführungsbestimmung
Statement

World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme (WHYMAP)
 

Ref. system

Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4326
 

Metadata

Metadata

File identifier
473d851c-4694-4050-a37f-ee421170eca8 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name

Grundwasser
Date stamp
2025-03-07
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
  Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
https://produktcenter.bgr.de
 
 

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Keywords

Aquifer Groundwater abstraction Groundwater recharge Groundwater resources Grundwasserentnahme Grundwasserneubildung Grundwasservorkommen Karst
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
Groundwater Grundwasser Hydrogeologie Hydrogeology
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Geologie Geology

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