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.

INSPIRE

Identification

File identifier
54e5d435-ac3f-4d2e-9e42-bd77728c1e05 XML
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Online resource
Resource identifier
code

d5f2e452-5769-4688-a9b1-e25eb75e622a
Metadata language
English
Spatial representation type
Vector
Encoding
Format

Shapefile
Version

n/a
Projection
code
EPSG:4326
 

Classification of data and services

Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource

Coupled resource
 
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource

Coupled resource
 
 

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geologie

  • Geology

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • Grundwasser

  • Hydrogeologie

  • Groundwater

  • Hydrogeology

Other keywords

Theme

  • Aquifer

  • Grundwasserneubildung

  • Groundwater recharge

  • Grundwasservorkommen

  • Groundwater resources

  • Grundwasserentnahme

  • Groundwater abstraction
Place

  • Weltweit

  • World-wide
 
 

Geographic coverage

N
S
E
W
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Temporal reference

Temporal extent
Temporal extent
Date (Revision)
2010-01-19
 

Quality and validity

Lineage

World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme (WHYMAP)
Denominator
25000000
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
 

Restrictions on access and use

Access constraints
Es gelten keine Zugriffsbeschränkungen
Access 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

 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
Email

whymap@bgr.de

 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
Email

whymap@bgr.de

 

Metadata information

Contact for the metadata
Organisation name

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
Email

geodatenmanagement@bgr.de

Date stamp
2025-03-12
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
 
 

SDS

Conformance class 1: invocable

Access Point URL
Endpoint URL
Technical specification
 

Conformance class 2: interoperable

Access constraints

Limitation
 

Use constraints

Limitation
 

Responsible custodian

Contact for the resource
 
 
 

Overviews

overview

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W
thumbnail


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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