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8 datasets found

  • Balance areas (catchment areas) HADES

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The balance areas form the middle layer of the system of catchment areas that describe Switzerland’s hydrographical structure (Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland, HADES). They are...

    Last updated: January 1, 2004

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • water-geographic
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • gewiss
  • Mean runoff (m³/s) and flow regime types for the river network of Switzerland

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    For the entire Swiss river network natural runoff (m³/s) values (monthly and annual means) have been modeled and the flow regime types determined. «MQ-GWN-CH» constitutes a dataset...

    Last updated: December 31, 2000

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • API
    • water-geographic
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • gewiss
  • Cantonal & private gauging stations (HADES 5.1.2)

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    This set of data represents the locations of hydrometric gauging stations belonging to cantons (data source: “KANTON”) and private owners (data source: “HADES”). The data was...

    Last updated: January 1, 2003

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • API
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • water-geographic
    • gewiss
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hydrological study areas

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Since 1957 the hydrology division of the FOEN has operated a network of hydrological study areas aimed at observing long-term changes in the water regime within Switzerland’s most...

    Last updated: January 1, 2013

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • gewiss
    • water-geographic
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Gauging stations for hydrological study areas

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Since 1957 the hydrology division of the FOEN has operated a network of hydrological study areas aimed at observing long-term changes in the water regime within Switzerland’s most...

    Last updated: July 27, 2016

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • gewiss
    • water-geographic
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • National Long-Term Surveillance of Swiss Rivers

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The National River Monitoring and Survey Programme (NADUF) tracks the concentrations of substances occurring in selected Swiss watercourses. NADUF, launched in 1972, is a project...

    Last updated: December 7, 2022

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • gewiss
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • water-geographic
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure