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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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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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Emerald sites
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The Emerald Network is a Europeanwide network that seeks to protect endangered animal and plant species and natural habitats listed in the Bern Convention. To obtain Emerald sta...
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Comparison of discharge and water gauge data with hazard levels
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The map shows the current discharge at all the stations, as compared with flood hazard levels.
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General situation of rivers and lakes
Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows the current Swissriver discharges and lake water levels compared with the monthly percentiles of the long term hourly averages (expressed in percentiles). The perc...
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Nighttime railway noise exposure
Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows the nighttime railway noise to which the population is exposed. The noise calculation is based on the real emissions of the year 2015. This emissions were calculat...
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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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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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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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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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Wildlife network system
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First, known wildlife corridors were recorded from existing data at the cantonal level, and potential corridors were detected by GIS and then divided into wildlife corridors of ...
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Grayling population of national importance: core areas
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The data on grayling populations of national importance includes three subproducts; the core zones layer includes the areas of particular importance for grayling populations, ba...
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Map of potential permafrost distribution
Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows the potential permafrost distribution in Switzerland based on modelling. In Switzerland, above 2400 metres the ground can be permanently frozen, depending on its g...
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Extent of groundwater resources in karst regions
Regions and cities, Environment
The Karst water resources layer shows the extent of the water-saturated zone of a karstified aquifer projected to the surface. It is determined by the karst water level and ther...
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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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UNESCO World natural heritage
Regions and cities, Environment
The Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention, SR 0.451.41) was signed at the UNESCO General Conference in 1972....
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Gauging stations for hydrological study areas
Regions and cities, Environment
Since 1957 the hydrology division of the FOEN has operated a network of hydrological study areas aimed at observing long-term changes in the water regime within Switzerland’s mo...
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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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Underground flow paths in karst regions
Regions and cities, Environment
The Underground flow paths layer indicates the probable direction taken by the groundwater in karst regions within the catchments towards the relevant spring. These interpretati...
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Inventory of quaking bogs
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The inventory of quaking bogs in Switzerland contains discovered primary quaking bogs of a specific minimum size with transition and raised bog characteristics (83 bogs). This i...
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