River and Groundwater Basins of the World (WHYMAP RGWB)

The World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme (WHYMAP) provides data and information about the earth´s major groundwater resources. The River and Groundwater Basins Map shows the areal extent of the global groundwater and surface water basins.

Identification

Data identification

Citation

Alternate title

WHYMAP RGWB
Date (Revision)
2010-01-19
Edition

v1.0
Citation identifier
d5f2e452-5769-4688-a9b1-e25eb75e622a
Status
Completed
Point of contact
  Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
Wilhelmstr. 26 , Berlin , 13593 , DE

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geologie

  • Geology

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • Grundwasser

  • Hydrogeologie

  • Groundwater

  • Hydrogeology
Theme

  • Aquifer

  • Grundwasserneubildung

  • Groundwater recharge

  • Grundwasservorkommen

  • Groundwater resources

  • Grundwasserentnahme

  • Groundwater abstraction
Place

  • Weltweit

  • World-wide

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Other constraints
Es gelten keine Zugriffsbeschränkungen

Legal constraints

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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
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
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Distribution

Distribution

Distribution format
  • Shapefile ( n/a )

Digital transfer options

Transfer size
26
OnLine resource
WHYMAP RGWB (Shapefile)

WHYMAP RGWB im Format ESRI Shape

OnLine resource
Website
OnLine resource
Karte im BGR-Geoviewer
 

Quality

Data quality

Scope

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Statement

World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme (WHYMAP)
 

Ref. system

Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4326
 

Metadata

Metadata

File identifier
54e5d435-ac3f-4d2e-9e42-bd77728c1e05 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
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
  Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
https://www.bgr.bund.de
 
 

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overview

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Keywords

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

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