56 datasets found

Organizations: Federal Office for the Environment FOEN Political levels: confederation Formats: API ZIP

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  • Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies 2 km²

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data set ‹sub-basins 2 km²› is the central element of the geodata set. It is made up of a comprehensive mosaic of over 22,000 topographically defined sub-basin areas that ca...

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    • WMS
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  • Swiss water topographical catchment areas: Main river section

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data set “Main river section” is part of the geo dataset “Swiss water topographical catchment areas”. The main river in ​​a catchment area is the body of water that leaves t...

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    • WMS
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    • ZIP
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  • Springs and swallow holes in karst regions

    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 b...

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  • Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies: Area outlets

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The "Area outlets" data set is part of the "Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies" geodata set. It consists of point objects that represent the area outlets for a p...

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  • Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments

    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 impor...

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  • FOEN basic monitoring network for surfaces water

    Regions and cities, Environment

    The data show the locations of the stations in the basic monitoring network of the Hydrology Division of the FOEN. It includes all stations currently listed on the FOEN’s home p...

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    • ZIP
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  • Federal Inventory of Dry Grasslands of National Importance (DGS)

    Regions and cities, Environment

    Dry grasslands are habitats with a wide variety of species that are marked by agricultural use. In accordance with the Federal Act on Protecting Nature and Cultural Heritage, th...

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    • WMS
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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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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • HTML
    • API
  • Federal Inventory of Raised and Transition Bogs of National Importance

    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 inve...

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  • Catchments in karst regions

    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 ...

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  • Vegetation alpine floodplains

    Regions and cities, Environment

    Der Biotopschutz gemäss Artikel 18a des Natur- und Heimatschutzgesetzes NHG (SR 451) hat einen wirksamen Schutz der national bedeutenden Flächen der wichtigsten Biotoptypen zum ...

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  • Distribution of ibex colonies

    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    After being resettled in 1906, Alpine (Capra) ibex live in colonies of varying sizes throughout the Alpine region and in the Jura mountains. Because the growth of stocks in spec...

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  • Amphibians appendix 3

    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 we...

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    • WMTS
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  • Mapping of Floodplains of National Importance

    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    In order to give cantons the option of taking the protection of floodplains of probable national importance into their own hands as quickly as possible, the Swiss Agency for the...

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    • ZIP
    • API
  • Federal Inventory of Dry Grasslands of National Importance

    Regions and cities, Environment

    Dry grasslands are habitats with a wide variety of species that are marked by agricultural use. In accordance with the Federal Act on Protecting Nature and Cultural Heritage, th...

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • Protection forest regions NFI

    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.

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    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • WMS
    • API
    • RDF XML
  • Production regions NFI

    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    According to the geometry of the data set, Switzerland is divided into five areas, namely Jura, Central Plateau, Pre-Alps, Alps, and the southern side of the Alps. They represen...

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    • ZIP
    • WMS
    • API
    • RDF XML
  • Federal Inventory of Mire Landscapes of Particular Beauty and National Signif...

    Regions and cities, Environment

    Mire landscapes are essentially semi-natural landscapes shaped by mires that are also home to other noteworthy natural and cultural elements. They are the last remaining habitat...

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    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • Economic regions NFI

    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment

    Switzerland is divided into fourteen areas according to the geometry of the data set. They represent different forest growth and economic conditions and represent a refinement o...

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    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • WMS
    • API
    • RDF XML
  • National Long-Term Surveillance of Swiss Rivers

    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 projec...

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    • WMS
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    • ZIP
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  • NQStat low-flow statistics

    Regions and cities, Environment

    A wide variety of parameters may be used to describe low-flow events. The FOEN Hydrology Division's low-flow statistics are based on the recommendations of the German Associatio...

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
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  • Generalised background map for the representation of hydrological data

    Regions and cities, Environment

    In addition to the outline of Switzerland, the generalised background map displays a simplified, reduced watercourse network and some selected cities for improved orientation at...

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • HQStat flood statistics

    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 flo...

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
  • Water temperature monitoring stations

    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). I...

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    • ZIP
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  • Water status monitoring stations CH

    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 environme...

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    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • API
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