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Water availability for plants
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
Too little water is available to the trees more and more often: •The vegetation and soil release water into the atmosphere, even moreso the warmer and drier the air. Plants evap...
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National Ecological Network REN, wetland site
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/sciencif...
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National Ecological Network REN, watercourses / lakes
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/sciencif...
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Swiss Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (SwissPRTR)
Regions and cities, Environment
SwissPRTR is the publicly accessible Swiss Pollutant Release and Transfer Register. It provides information about releases of pollutants and transfers of wastes from facilities ...
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Tranquillity Map
Regions and cities, Environment
The "Tranquillity Map of the Swiss Plateau" illustrates where areas of near-natural character and low noise pollution still exist near large settlements within the Swiss Plateau...
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Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)
Regions and cities, Environment
Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring station...
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Geochemical soil atlas of Switzerland: Sulfur
Regions and cities, Environment
Interpolierte Element-Konzentrationen (mg/kg Feinerde) in den Oberböden (0–20 cm) der Schweiz. Für die Ordinary Kriging Interpolationen (1 km x 1 km) wurden Messdaten von insges...
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Assessment of the Chemical Water Status: Total Phosphorus
Regions and cities, Environment
Within the National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA), water quality is recorded jointly by the federal and cantonal authorities at around 100 monitoring station...
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Federal Inventory of Floodplains of National Importance - Appendix 2
Regions and cities, Environment
Floodplains, namely natural habitats in the flood zones of watercourses, are in decline. The scientific inventory of floodplains was commissioned by the FDHA in May 1981 and com...
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Hydrogeological map of Switzerland 1:100000
Regions and cities, Environment
Published by the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, the specialist office of the Swiss Geological Survey responsible for hydrogeology.The hydrogeological map 1:100,000 sho...
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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Prunus laurocerasus
Regions and cities, Environment
The set of invasive alien plants shows the maps of the potential areas of 56 alien plants species present in Switzerland as well as some invasive species present in neighboring ...
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Ramsar sites in Switzerland
Regions and cities, Environment
To protect wetlands, particularly because they are habitats for waterbirds and migratory birds, an international convention was signed in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran. Switzerland ratif...
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Aerial images swisstopo oblique
Regions and cities, Environment
The oblique aerial photos are a small part of the image collection of swisstopo. There are snapshots of small towns and photos of the atmosphere in the pre-alpine and alpine reg...
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swissEO VHI: state of vegetation health
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
Map of vegetation condition based on the VHI (Vegetation Health Index), which reflects the current state of vegetation in relation to historical data 1991-2020. The index is bas...
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Aerial Images swisstopo b / w
Regions and cities, Environment
The aerial imagery catalogue of swisstopo includes several hundred thousand analogue aerial photographs (in colour, infrared, or black and white). They are represented by the ce...
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Official index of cities and towns including postal codes and perimeter
Regions and cities, Environment
In Article 24 of the regulations governing geographic names (GeoNV), the Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo) is commissioned to establish, administer and publish the new of...
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Municipal boundaries - journey through time
Regions and cities, Environment
The layer municipal boundaries constitute the administrative borders of the municipalities of Switzerland and the principality of Liechtenstein. The municipality is the smallest...
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Geoid model CHGeo2004 in CH1903
Regions and cities, Environment
Swiss geoid model in the version of 2004 (CHGeo2004) in the reference system CH1903. It forms the zero reference surface (approximated mean sea level) for height determination a...
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swissALTI3D monodirectional Hillshade
Regions and cities, Environment
The hillshade is derived from the digital elevation model swissALTI3D. It illustrates the surface relief of Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. A hillshade is der...
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Natural stones on buildings
Regions and cities, Environment
This dataset shows the use of stone in the construction of over 4,000 buildings in Switzerland. The data was collected by Francis de Quervain between 1954 and 1983. Over the pas...
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swissTLMRegio Miscellaneous
Regions and cities, Environment
The topic Miscellaneous contains a selection of prominent single point and line features and elevation points. It consists of sixfeature classes.
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Lithological map of Switzerland – Genesis 1:500000
Regions and cities, Environment
The Lithological map of Switzerland – Genesis 1:500,000 provides an overview of the subsurface classified according to the origin of the rocks, e.g. deposits from rivers and gla...
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Topographical Map (Dufour Map)
Regions and cities, Environment
The first official map of Switzerland. First issued between 1844 and 1864, updated up to 1939. 25 sheets. Map format: 70 x 48 cm = 3360 km2. Representation of the terrain: Shade...
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Crushed-rock aggregates
Regions and cities, Environment
This dataset shows the extraction and production sites of crushed-rock aggregates in Switzerland (in operation or decommissioned). Together with natural, uncrushed-rock aggregat...
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Official directory of streets
Regions and cities, Environment
Official dataset for “official directory of streets”, ID196, as per the catalogue of basic geodata in accordance with Swiss Federal Law. The official directory of streets includ...