63 datasets found

  • Basis for determining Q347 flow rate

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Water Protection Act specifies how appropriate residual flows can be determined. This applies to new water withdrawals and also to existing withdrawals for which concessions...

    Last updated: January 1, 2000

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • water-geographic
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Map of past earthquakes in Switzerland and neighbouring regions

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    ECOS09 is the earthquake catalogue of Switzerland and bordering regions. It integrates the following sources: - Macroseismic Earthquake Catalogue of Switzerland (MECOS 02) with...

    Last updated: April 28, 2011

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • earthquake
    • catalogue
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Amphibians appendix 3

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    There are currently 19 different amphibian species that live in Switzerland, and nearly all of them are included in the Red List of Threatened Species. The areas that contain...

    Last updated: November 1, 2017

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Comparison of discharge and water gauge data with hazard levels

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the current discharge at all the stations, as compared with flood hazard levels.

    Last updated: October 30, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • lake
    • hydrology
    • water-geographic
    • watercourse
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • National Ecological Network REN, watercourses / lakes

    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 protec-tion of nature and landscapes. It issues a technical/sciencific...

    Last updated: February 14, 2011

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Groundwater temperature

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map provides an overview of Switzerland's current groundwater temperatures. The calculation is based on percentiles of the dataset for the standard period 1991–2020 or, in the...

    Last updated: June 23, 2022

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • hydrology
    • groundwater
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • HQStat flood statistics

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Data on flood events is managed and statistically evaluated by the FOEN; the findings are made available in the form of result sheets. A systematic statistical evaluation of flood...

    Last updated: January 1, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • gewiss
    • water-geographic
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Water temperature of rivers and streams

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map provides an overview of current water temperatures in Switzerland's rivers.

    Last updated: October 30, 2014

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • flowing-water
    • hydrology
    • water-geographic
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Springs and swallow holes in karst regions

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Karst springs and swallow holes layer shows the main points where groundwater emerges from the karst system as well as important infiltration points. Distinctions are made...

    Last updated: July 1, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • karst
    • groundwater
    • environment
    • hydrogeology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Protection forest regions NFI

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

    According to the geometry of the data set, Switzerland is divided into six areas. They represent different forest growth and protective forest conditions.

    Last updated:

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • WMS
    • API
    • RDF XML
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • wood
    • forest-resource
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Map of potential permafrost distribution

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map shows the potential permafrost distribution in Switzerland based on modelling. In Switzerland, above 2400 metres the ground can be permanently frozen, depending on its...

    Last updated: December 31, 2005

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • map-chart
    • natural-risk
    • permafrost-ecosystem
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
  • HWGWP flood crest gauge

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    This set of data depicts the locations of the federal flood measuring stations, known as "Hochwassergrenzwertpegel". The data was collected in 2005; readings are no longer being...

    Last updated: January 1, 2005

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • water-geographic
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • gewiss
  • Extent of groundwater resources in karst regions

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Karst water resources layer shows the extent of the water-saturated zone of a karstified aquifer projected to the surface. It is determined by the karst water level and...

    Last updated: July 1, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • groundwater
    • environment
    • karst
    • hydrogeology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Water status monitoring stations CH

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data set represents the monitoring stations where the water status is recorded. The cantons are responsible for water protection enforcement, as they are for other...

    Last updated: March 1, 2013

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • environment
    • human-health-and-safety
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Grayling population of national importance: core areas

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data on grayling populations of national importance includes three subproducts; the core zones layer includes the areas of particular importance for grayling populations, based...

    Last updated: August 29, 2011

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Biosphere reserves

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Biosphere reserves are not only used to protect and preserve ecosystems, but also for environmental research, environmentally-friendly land use and environmental education. They...

    Last updated: January 1, 2017

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • HTML
    • API
    • protected-area
    • biosphere-reserve
    • biosphere
    • environmental-monitoring-facilities
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Catchment units in karst regions

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Karst catchment units layer consists of the unit areas from which similar groundwater flow behaviour towards the karst spring can be expected. In particular, it allows for the...

    Last updated: July 1, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • environment
    • groundwater
    • hydrogeology
    • karst
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • UNESCO World natural heritage

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention, SR 0.451.41) was signed at the UNESCO General Conference in 1972....

    Last updated: July 24, 2008

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • HTML
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • natural-heritage
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Nase spawning grounds 1995 - 2004

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data includes the coordinates of spawning grounds in Switzerland (around 100 sites) as well as the average number of breeding animals (10-year average). The FOEN conducted a...

    Last updated: February 20, 2006

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • HTML
    • environment
    • habitats-and-biotopes
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Catchments in karst regions

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The Karst catchments layer depicts those areas where seepage water flows into a specific spring and feeds it. Catchments can occasionally overlap, namely where sections of them...

    Last updated: July 1, 2015

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • groundwater
    • karst
    • environment
    • hydrogeology
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure