Federal Office for the Environment FOEN

The federal environmental authority. It is responsible for ensuring that natural resources are used sustainably, that the public is protected against natural hazards, and that the environment is protected from unacceptable adverse impacts.

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Current drought hazard level

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The drought warning map shows the current drought hazard (issued at levels 1, 2 and 4) for all regions of Switzerland. The hazard level results from a weekly expert assessment of...

Last updated: November 25, 2024
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- water-geographic
- lake
- atmospheric-precipitation
- flowing-water
- hydrology
- agriculture
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Current drought situation in Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the combined drought index for each region. This index summarises in one value the various factors affecting drought: precipitation, modelled soil moisture and...

Last updated: November 25, 2024
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- lake
- atmospheric-precipitation
- agriculture
- flowing-water
- hydrology
- water-geographic
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Windstorm: Dynamic Pressure at return period 100 years

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the...

Last updated: November 7, 2014
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- natural-risk
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- natural-risk-analysis
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Windstorm: Dynamic Pressure at return period 300 years

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the...

Last updated: November 7, 2014
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Windstorm: Gusts at return period 300 years

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the...

Last updated: November 7, 2014
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- natural-risk-analysis
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- storm
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Windstorm: Gusts at return period 30 years

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the...

Last updated: November 7, 2014
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- storm
- wind
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- natural-risk
- natural-risk-analysis
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Windstorm: Gusts at return period 50 years

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the...

Last updated: November 7, 2014
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- natural-risk-analysis
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- air-movement
- natural-risk
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Windstorm: Gusts at return period 100 years

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the...

Last updated: November 7, 2014
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- natural-risk
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- storm
- natural-risk-analysis
- wind
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Windstorm: Dynamic Pressure at return period 50 years

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the...

Last updated: November 7, 2014
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- WMS
- WMTS
- HTML
- API
- natural-risk-analysis
- air-movement
- storm
- wind
- natural-risk
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Windstorm: Dynamic Pressure at return period 30 years

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The Windstorm Risk Maps show peak wind gusts and their dynamic pressure and the corresponding uncertainties. The maps provide a country-wide basis for the estimation of the...

Last updated: November 7, 2014
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- natural-risk-analysis
- natural-risk
- air-movement
- wind
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- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Article 5 of the Federal Act of 1 July 1966 on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NCHA) orders the Federal Council to compile inventories of sites of national...

Last updated: November 15, 2022
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- e-geoch
- official-geodata
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- environment
- protected-sites
- 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
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- gewiss
- water-geographic
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Biogeographical regions of Switzerland (CH)

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The basis for establishing the biogeographical regions (in 6 or 12 classes) were the homogeneous surfaces of the river basins, where relevant and adequately extensive species...

Last updated: March 2, 2004
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- nature-conservation
- flora-biology
- fauna
- bio-geographical-regions
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Water temperature monitoring stations

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The data set represents the locations of the stations in the water temperature monitoring network of the Hydrology Department of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). It...

Last updated: October 1, 2017
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- environment
- environmental-monitoring-facilities
- human-health-and-safety
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Reaches surveyed - cross section securing point

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map shows the reaches of watercourses which are currently surveyed periodically under the leadership of the FOEN. They are usually surveyed every 10 years or after major floods...

Last updated: March 3, 2025
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- hazard
- environment
- natural-hazard
- official-geodata
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Map of the recent earthquakes (last 90 days) in and around Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The map of the earthquakes of the last 90 days shows the current seismic activity in Switzerland and the nearby regions recorded by the Swiss Seismological Service at the ETH...

Last updated: November 1, 2016
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- earthquake
- landsat
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Groundwater bodies of Switzerland

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The groundwater bodies layer shows a simplified and comprehensive breakdown of hydrogeological overview units for Switzerland. The groundwater bodies here have not been developed...

Last updated: April 25, 2017
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- environment
- groundwater
- groundwater
- hydrogeology
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- water
National Air Pollution Monitoring Network NABEL: stations

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

The National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (NABEL) monitors air quality at 16 different locations in Switzerland. The monitoring stations are spread over the entire country and...

Last updated: January 1, 2021
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- pollutant
- air
- air-pollutant
- atmospheric-conditions
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
- official-geodata
- e-geoch
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
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- earthquake
- catalogue
- natural-risk-zones
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
Federal Inventory of Raised and Transition Bogs of National Importance

Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Regions and cities, Environment

Raised bogs are some of the most susceptible habitats in Switzerland and are in sharp decline. Today, between 10% and 20% of the original stocks still exist. The scientific...

Last updated: December 1, 2025
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- conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
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- protected-sites
- habitats-and-biotopes
- fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure

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