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Digital Dataset of European Groundwater Resources

Entry ID: EUSOILS_GW

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Summary

Abstract: A comprehensive picture, at European Union scale, of the aquifers and their
characteristics is available in digital form. In 1982, a study by the European
Commission provided a complete catalogue of national water resources for
several Member States of the European Union (Belgium, Federal Republic of
Germany, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and United
Kingdom).

This catalogue comprised a series of groundwater resources maps of Europe, at
scale 1:500,000 ; there were 38 map sheets covering four themes:

-Inventory of aquifers;
-Hydrogeology of aquifers;
-Groundwater abstraction;
-Potential additional groundwater resources.

[Summary provided by the European Union Joint Research Center.]

Related URL

Link: View Related Information

Description: Additional documentation on the Digital Dataset of European Groundwater
Resources.

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Registration form for downloading the Digital Dataset of European Groundwater
Resources.

Geographic Coverage

(Click for Interactive Map)

Spatial coordinates

N: 78.0

S: 34.0

E: 50.0

W: -20.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: European Union Joint Research Center

Dataset Title: Digital Dataset of European Groundwater Resources

Version: 1.0

Data Presentation Form: maps

Online Resource: http://eusoils.jrc.it/ESDB_Archive/groundwater/gw.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1982-01-01

Stop Date: 1982-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > KARST LANDSCAPE

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER > AQUIFERS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Quality These layers are fully documented in the project report.

The data are offered as ESRI shapefiles ; one set of the data is in the Spatial
Reference System according to GISCO (documented in the GISCO Database Manual,
in Chapter 3 "Main characteristics of the GISCO reference database" under
"Spatial Reference System") ; another set of the same data is in the INSPIRE
proposed ETRS_LAEA reference system.

Legends for these themes are available in .avl format, compatible with
ArcView3.2. These legend files can be imported into ArcGis but are presented
slightly different.

Access Constraints These data are freely available upon request; fill in the registration form and
send it to Marc Van Liedekerke:

marc.van-liedekerke@jrc.it or
Fax Number: +39-0332-786394 or
Post Address:
JRC Ispra, TP280, I-21020 , Ispra (VA) - Italy

Ancillary Keywords

Groundwater

Water Resources

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Soil and Waste Management Unit, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Center, European Union

Data Center URL: http://eusoils.jrc.it/

Data Center Personnel
Name: MARC VAN LIEDEKERKE Phone: 0039-0332-785179 Fax: 0039-0332-786-394 Email: marc.van-liedekerke at jrc.it Contact Address: Environmental Institute Joint Research Center of the European Commission, Ispra City: Ispra Postal Code: 21020 Country: Italy