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Database of wastewater treatment plants (ARA-DB) - cleaning type
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Since the 1980s, the FOEN (formerly the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape) has kept a database with information about the central ARA. The underlying origi...
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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Bassia scoparia
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, 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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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Phytolacca esculenta
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, 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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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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Assessment of the Biological Water Status: Diatoms
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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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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Vegetation alpine floodplains
Regions and cities, Environment
Habitat protection pursuant to Article 18a of the Federal Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage (NHG, SR 451) aims to ensure effective protection for areas of na...
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Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Sites of National Importance -...
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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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Ludwigia peploides
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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Windstorm
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 regi...
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Precipitation sum June-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 2.6
Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months June to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to ...
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Precipitation sum April-August, period 2070-2099, Scenario RCP 2.6
Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows the precipitation sum (in mm) for the months April to August calculated for the period 2070-2099. The precipitation anomalies of the climate scenario were added to...
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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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Groundwater bodies of Switzerland
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 develope...
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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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Air pollution by particulate matter PM2.5
Regions and cities, Environment
"Particulate matter" (PM2.5) refers to particles less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter. These particles are formed during industrial and commercial production processes, combust...
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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Parthenocissus inserta
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, 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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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Rhus typhina
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, 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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Modelled altitudinal vegetation belts for 1975
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
This map shows the altitudinal belts of forest vegetation in Switzerland for the period 1961-1990. The following altitudinal vegetation belts only occur in the southern valleys:...
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Invasive alien plants - map of the potential area Ailanthus altissima
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, 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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Federal Inventory of Fens of National Importance
Regions and cities, Environment
Fens are vestiges of earlier natural and cultural landscapes and are in sharp decline. They are home to highly-adapted symbiotic communities of plants and animals that include a...
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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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Floodplains outside of the federal inventary
Regions and cities, Environment
Of all the floodplains mapped throughout Switzerland, the objects which have not been included in the federal inventory have been compiled in this dataset. A distinction has bee...
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Water availability in the soil (site water balance)
Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Regions and cities, Environment
The trees often have less water available during the vegetation period. •The water supply during the vegetation period is decisive for the growth and vitality of the forests. Th...
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Mean daily temperature high in July, period 1981-2010
Regions and cities, Environment
The daily high of the air temperature in July in the diurnal cycle (1981-2010) (for detailed explanations see «Air temperature July 1961-1990»). The resulting map has a spatial ...