AGSL GeoDiscovery

Global groundwater vulnerability to floods and droughts / prepared by Jaroslav Vrba and Andrea Richts (chief editors), Wilhelm Struckmeier, Balbir Sukhija, Uta Philipp, Mangen Le, Wenbin Zhou, and the WHYMAP Steering Committee under the auspices of UNESCO IHP and BGR.

Description:

Shows global groundwater vulnerability, groundwater recharge rate, coastal areas vulnerable to tsunamis, saline groundwater, freshwater lakes, and ice sheets. Map indicates the vulnerability level of groundwater resources and their sensitivity to natural disasters. Ancillary maps: Types of aquifers -- Mean annual groundwater recharge. Upper left: UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, International Hydrological Programme; BGR. Logos of IAH/AIH, IUGS UNESCO, CCGM/CGMW, and IAEA in upper right. "The map is the result of a joint effort of the projects "Groundwater for Emergency Situations" (GWES) and the "World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme" (WHYMAP). GWES is a UNESCO International Hydrogeological Programme (IHP) project ..." "Spheroid WGS84." "Reduced special edition, full-scale 1:25 000 000.Extracted from World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme (WHYMAP) www.whymap.org." Accompanying CD-ROM: The global map of groundwater vulnerability to floods and droughts. Paris : UNESCO, 2015. Includes text. Explanatory notes are also available:http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002324/232431e.pdf

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9996905223506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/dcs7526r16z

Language:

en

Creator:

Vrba, J.

Publisher:

Paris : UNESCO ; Hannover : BGR, [2015] and ©2015

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Image

Subject:

Groundwater—Maps, Groundwater recharge—Maps, world maps, and World maps

Theme:

Groundwater—Maps, Groundwater recharge—Maps, world maps, and World maps

Spatial Coverage:

Earth

Access Rights:

Restricted

Format:

TIFF