Last updated
October 7, 2022
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Open use. Must provide the source. Use for commercial purposes requires permission of the data owner.
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Description

Vegetation performs important functions. It provides shade for rivers, thus reducing peak water temperatures. In the context of global warming, this is increasingly important. Furthermore, reforestation reduces bank erosion and retains pollutants. The dataset shows the proportion [%] of the stocking of the two 15-metre-wide river banks. Forestation was defined as vegetation taller than 2.5 meters. It was calculated for all free-flowing rivers with a width greater than 1 meter. The vegetation height model of the National Forest Inventory served as the data basis.

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Issued date
October 7, 2022
Modified date
October 7, 2022
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Italian
Access URL
https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bafu.gewaesser-uferbestockung
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