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This list includes most national (country) scale groundwater maps in Africa, with links to where they can be accessed online if available.

It also includes selected sub national groundwater maps, which are indicated by italic text. There are many more sub national hydrogeological, groundwater resource and thematic groundwater maps that are not included here (usually because we are not aware of them, or because they cover a very small area): most were produced for specific projects or activities, and many are only available as images in project reports.

This list also includes a very few maps that cover more than one country, most of which (but not all) were made during colonial, pre-independence times. These are strictly transboundary maps, but listed here for convenience.

Most of the maps listed here are traditional hydrogeological or groundwater resource maps; a few focus on particular themes related to groundwater.

Most of the older (pre 1995) maps are drawn from a list published by Struckmeier & Margat (1995).

This is not a comprehensive list. If you know of maps that aren't on this list but should be, or can fill in gaps in information about maps on the list, please let us know! Email us: AfricaGWAtlas@bgs.ac.uk

They are listed in alphabetical order by country (using accepted country names in English).


National (and some Sub National) Maps by Country

Algeria (Algerie)

  • Hydrogeological Map for North Algeria, 1:3,000,000. 2009. Agence Nationale des Ressources Hydrauliques (ANRH) / Energoprojekt.
  • Hydrogeological maps for North Algeria, 1:200 000. 2009. ANRH / Energoprojekt. 2009. 41 maps.
  • Carte des aquiferes de l'Algérie, 1:4,500,000. 2003. ANRH.
  • Hydrogeological map of Bechar (Carte hydrogeologique, region de Bechar), 1:500,000, 1988.
  • Hydrogeological map of the Hoggar and Tassilis (Carte hydrogeologique du Hoggar et des Tassilis), 1:1,000,000. 1990. ANRH.
  • Cartes hydrogeologiques, 1:100,000, 1:200,000 & 1 1,000,000. 1973. No publication information known.
  • See also Tunisia and Algeria in Maps covering more than one country.


Angola

  • Mapa Hidrogeologico de Angola, 1:1,500,000. 1990. Hidroprojecto Consultores de Hidraulica e Salubridade SA, Lisboa & MacDonald & Partners Ltd Cambridge. View scanned image at WHYMIS
  • Hydrogeological Map of Angola, 1:250,000. Date unknown. World Bank United Nations Development Program.


Benin

  • Carte hydrogéologique du Bénin, 1:500,000. 2012. GIZ, Germany & DGEau, Benin. Download pdf.
  • Cartes hydrogéologiques du Bénin 1:200,000. 2012. GIZ, Germany & DGEau, Benin.
  • Carte Hydrogéologique: Bassin sédimentaire de Kandi à l’echelle 1:200,000. 2012. IGIP/GIZ, Cotonou.
  • Carte hydrogeologique du Benin, 1:500,000. 1985. Service des Mines et de la Géologie & Fonds Européen de Développement. View scanned image at WHYMIS
  • Carte hydrogeologique du bassin sedimentaire cotier du Benin, 1:200,000. 1985.
  • Cartes des ressources en eau, 1:500,000 & 1:1,000,000. 1978–1979. No publication information known.
  • See also Ghana, Togo & Benin in Maps covering more than one country.


Botswana

  • Groundwater Resources Map of the Republic of Botswana, 1:1,000,000. 1987. Geological Survey Department, Lobatse. View scanned image at WHYMIS
  • Groundwater Pollution Vulnerability Map Republic of Botswana, 1:1,000.000. 1995. Geological Survey Department, Lobatse
  • Hydrogeological reconnaissance maps, 1:500,000. 1979–1988. No publication information known.


Burundi


(Republic of) Cameroon (République du Cameroun)

  • Carte de planification des ressources en eau du Cameroun, 1:1,000,000. 1979. BRGM. View scanned image at WHYMIS
  • Cartes hydrogeologiques, 1:500,000 and 1:1,000,000. 1975. No publication information known.


Cape Verde

  • Carte hydrogeologique de la presqu'ile du Cap Vert, 1:50,000. 1968.


Central African Republic (République Centrafricaine)


Chad (Tchad)

  • Cartes ResEau, 1:500,000. 2012-ongoing. CSD Ingénieurs/Sarmap/RCS. Ongoing map series, currently available for most of north and east Chad. View online and download at ResEau.
  • Cartes ResEau, 1:200,000. 2012-ongoing. CSD Ingénieurs/Sarmap/RCS. Ongoing map series, currently available for parts of north and east Chad. View online and download at ResEau.
  • Feasibility Map of Manual Drilling in Chad. 2010. UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA.
  • Carte hydrogeologique de la République du Tchad, 1:1,500,000. 1969. BRGM. View scanned image at WHYMIS.
  • Carte hydrogeologique de reconnaissance de la Republique du Tchad, 1:500,000. 1963–1968. BRGM.


(Republic of the) Congo


Cote d’Ivoire

Democratic Republic of the Congo (République Démocratique du Congo)


Djibouti

  • Carte de reconnaissance des eaux souterraines de la République de Djibouti, 1:300,000. 1983. Service du Genie Rural, Djibouti & BGR, Hannover. View scanned image at WHYMIS.


Egypt

  • Hydrogeological Map of Egypt, 1:2,000,000. Giza, 1988. Research Institute for Groundwater, Giza / Water Research Center, Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources Arab Republic of Egypt. View scanned image at WHYMIS.


eSwatini (formerly Swaziland)

  • Groundwater resources of Swaziland: Hydrogeological Map, 1:250,000. 1992. Canadian International Development Agency & Kingdom of Swaziland Department of Geological Surveys and Mines. Georeferenced and converted to GIS format by IGRAC, 2020. View digital georeferenced version in SADC GIP. View scanned image of original map in WHYMIS portal.


Ethiopia

  • GW4E. 2020. Groundwater mapping for climate resilient WASH in arid and semi-arid areas of Ethiopia. [A series of groundwater suitability and hydrogeological maps in selected woredas and kebeles in Amhara, Afar, Somali, Oromia and SNNPR regions]. View online and download at GW4E.
  • Map of water security and drought, 1:3,500,000. 2001. BGS/MacDonald et al. View in WHYMIS portal.
  • Maps created for 'Abbay river basin integrated development master plan project'. 1997. BRGM/BCEOM/ISL. 37 maps of the Abbay river basin.
  • Hydrogeological map, 1:2,000,000. 1988. Ethiopian Institute of Geological Surveys, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Addis Abeba. View scanned image in WHYMIS portal.
  • Groundwater availability in Benishangul-Gumuz region, Ethiopia. 2009. BGS/RIPPLE. Download pdf of map/poster.
  • Groundwater Potential of part of Benishangul-Gumuz region, Ethiopia. 2008. WaterAid Ethiopia/RIPPLE. Download pdf of map/poster.

Gabon


Ghana

  • Hydrogeological map of Ghana on Regional Basis, unknown scale. 1996. CSIR / Water Research Institute.
  • Hydrogeological map, 1: 1,000,000. 1972 (1967?).
  • Groundwater development potential map for the Northern Region, Ghana. 2011. BGS. View image in report Ó Dochartaigh et al (2011).
  • Afram Plains Groundwater Development Map. 2002. BGS. View image in report Davies & Cobbing (2002).
  • See also Ghana, Togo & Benin in Maps covering more than one country.


Guinea-Bissau

  • Synthèse hydrogéologique de la Guinée-Bissau. GBS/87/002 Direction Générale des Ressources Hydriques PNUD/DCTD 1991 (report containing several hydrogeological maps).


Kenya

  • Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) suitability map for North Kenya. 2013. Acacia Water. View online in IGRAC portal.
  • Groundwater quality map of Kenya. 1973. No publication information known.


Lesotho

  • Hydrogeological Map of Lesotho, 1: 300,000. 1994. Department of Water Affairs, Ground Water Division, Kingdom of Lesotho / Government of Italy General Directorate of Development Cooperation. Georeferenced and converted to GIS format by Luigi Simeone, 2017. View digital, georeferenced version in SADC GIP. View scanned image in WHYMIS portal.


Liberia


Libya

  • Groundwater maps of the Kingdom of Libya, 1:4,000,000. 1964. USGS. View scanned image in WHYMIS portal


Madagascar

  • Carte d’Aptitude aux Forages Manuels à Madagascar. 2010. UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA.
  • Carte Hydrogeologie de Madagascar, 1:500,000. 2008. BGS.
  • Hydrogeological Map, 1:500,000. 1972.
  • Carte Hydrogeologique du Sud de Madagascar, 1:500,000. 1957. Service Geologique de Madagascar. View scanned image at WHYMIS.


Malawi

  • Hydrogeological and water quality map, 1:650,000. 2015. Council for Geoscience, Republic of South Africa, for Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation & Water Development. See more information at BASEflow.
  • Hydrogeological reconnaissance maps of Malawi, 1:250.000, Sheets 1–9. 1987. Department of Surveys, Blantyre.

Mali

  • Carte d’Aptitude aux Forages Manuels au Mali. 2010. UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA.
  • Location and Lithology of Main Hydrological Units of Mali, 1:4,000,000. 1975. United Nations. In report Groundwater in North and West Africa. View scanned image at WHYMIS.
  • Carte hydrogeologque de la plaine du Gondo: Surface Piezometrique, nature et épaisseur des aquifères, propositions des travaux, 1:500.000. Unknown date. United Nations / Nations Unies.


Mauritania (Mauritanie)

  • Hydrogeologic Map of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Unknown scale. 2013. USGS. View image in report.
  • Chemical Hydrologic Map of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Unknown scale. 2013. USGS. View image in report.
  • Carte d’Aptitude aux Forages Manuels en Mauritanie. 2010. UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA.
  • Diagrammatic Geological Map - Location of Mauritania's Main Aquifers, 1:2,500,000. 1975. WHYMIS.
  • Cartes hydrogeologiques de Faraoun, de Chingetti et d' Atar, 1:200,000. 1966.
  • Carte hydrogeologique de la region d'Oumm Dferat-Fort-Gouraud, 1:200,000. 1965.
  • Carte hydrogeologique du bassin sedimentaire Sud-Ouest Mauritanien, 1:500,000. Nouakchott, 1962.


Mauritius

  • Aquifers of Mauritius. 1:50,000. 2005. Ministry of Energy and Public Utilities. Hydrological Data Book 2000–2005.
  • Le Maurice (Mauritius) Carte Geologique au 1:50,000 Schema hydrogeologique. 1999. Republique du Maurice; Union Europeene; Ministere des Affaires Etrangers Cooperation et Francophonie


Morocco (Maroc)

  • Carte des Systemes Aquiferes du Maroc, 1: 1,000,000. 1976. Royaume du Maroc, Ministere des Travaux Publics & des Communications, Direction de L'Hydraulique, Division des Ressources en Eau, Rabat.
  • Cartes hydrogeologiques, 1:200,000, 1:500,000 & 1:1,000,000. 1960. No publication information known.
  • Carte hydrogeologique de la plaine des Triffa, 1:50,000. 1966.
  • Carte hydrogeologique du bassin de Meknes-Fes, 1: 100,000. 1960.


Mozambique (Mocambique)

  • Carta Hidrogeologica de Mocambique, 1:1,000,000. 1987. Direccao Nacional de Aguas, Ministerio da Constucao e Aguas, Maputo. View scanned image at WHYMIS.
  • Carte hydrogeologique, 1:250,000. 1971. No publication information known.


Namibia

  • Hydrogeological Map of Namibia, 1:1,000,000. 2001/2021. Geological Survey Namibia, Department of Water Affairs, Windhoek & BGR, Hannover. View scanned image at WHYMIS; map explanation in report Groundwater in Namibia (Christelis and Struckmeier 2001/2011). First edition 2011; 3rd edition 2021.
  • South West Africa : Namibia - Groundwater Quality Map / Suidwes-Afrika : Namibie – Groundwaterwaliteitskaart, 1:1,000,000. 1982. South West Africa Regional Laboratory Pretoria & National Institute for Water Research Pretoria.
  • Hydrogeochemical maps, 1:1,000,000. 1978. No publication information known.


Niger

  • Carte d’Aptitude aux Forages Manuels au Niger. 2010. UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA.
  • Actualisation de l’atlas des eaux souterraines du Niger. 1987. Ministère des Mines et de l’Hydraulique / BRGM.
  • Carte des Systèmes Aquifères, République du Niger. 1986. PNUD & Ministère de l’Hydraulique & de l’Environnement; Projet PNUD/DCTD NER/86/001.
  • Atlas des eaux souterraines du Niger, 1:500,000 & 1:5,000,000. 1978. Ministère des Mines et de l'Hydraulique, Niamey & BRGM, Paris. Vol Tome 2-Analyse Bibliographique a la Date du 30 Avril 1978/9, Cataloque des Forages Sélectionnés.
  • Carte de reconnaissance hydrogeologique du Niger sud-oriental, 1:1,000,000. 1964. BRGM. View scanned image at WHYMIS.
  • Hydrogeologique Karte des Adar Doutchi (Departement Tahoua, Republik Niger), 1:200,000. 1991.
  • Atlas hydrogeologique de l’Adar Doutchi, 1:200,000. 1967.


Nigeria

  • Groundwater development maps of Oju and Obi Local areas, eastern Nigeria, 1:100,000. 1998. BGS. View in report MacDonald & Davies (1998).
  • Hydrogeologic maps of North-East Nigeria. 1992/93. FMARD.
  • Bauchi State hydrogeology map, 1:500,000. 1985. Wardrop Engineering Consultants.


Rwanda


Senegal

  • Carte des Aquifères. 2018. DGPRE.
  • Carte d’Aptitude aux Forages Manuels au Sénégal. 2010. UNICEF, Practica Foundation and Enterprise Works/VITA
  • Carte hydrogéologique à 1/500 000 du Sénégal oriental. 2010. Ministère des Mines, de l’Industrie, de l’Agro-Industrie et des PME, Direction des Mines et de la Géologie, Dakar.
  • Carte Hydrogéologique de la République du Senegal, 1:500,000. 1965. BRGM. View scanned image at WHYMIS.


Sierra Leone


Somalia

  • Regional Hydrogeological Map of Somaliland and Puntland, 1:750,000. 2012. FAO UN & SWALIM. Download pdf map and report at FAO-SWALIM
  • Hydrogeological Maps for four selected areas of interest in Somaliland and Puntland, 1:250,000. 2012. FAO UN & SWALIM. Download pdf maps atFAO-SWALIM
  • Somali Democratic Republic Hydrogeological Map, 1:1,000,000. 1971. Ministry of Mining and Water Resources, Mogadiscio. View scanned image at WHYMIS.


South Africa

  • Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) suitability map. 2009. View online in IGRAC portal
  • Hydrogeological Map of the Republic of South Africa, 1:2,000,000. 2004. DWAF, Pretoria. View scanned image at WHYMIS. See also DWAF
  • Hydrogeological Map Series of South Africa, 1:500,000. 1998–2002. DWAF, Pretoria. 21 map sheets covering the whole country. List of maps. Maps available from DWAF
  • Groundwater harvest potential of the Republic of South Africa, 1:3,000,000. 1996. DWAF, Pretoria. View scanned image at WHYMIS. See also DWAF
  • Groundwater resources of the Republic of South Africa – Sheet 1, 1:2,500,000. 1995. DWAF, Pretoria. View scanned image at WHYMIS. See also DWAF
  • Groundwater resources of the Republic of South Africa – Sheet 2, 1:2,500,000. 1995. DWAF, Pretoria. View scanned image at WHYMIS. See also DWAF


South Sudan

  • See Sudan


Sudan

  • Hydrogeological map of Sudan, 1:2,000,000. 1989. National Corporation for Development of Rural Water Resources, Sudan & TNO-DGV Institute of Applied Geoscience, The Netherlands.


Tanzania

  • Groundwater Potential Map, Arusha Region, unknown scale. 1994. UNDP.
  • Hydrogeological map of Tanzania, 1:500,000. 1990. Sir M MacDonald & Partners Ltd, Cambridge with Hidroprojecto Consultores de Hidraulica e Salubridade, SA, Lisboa. View scanned image at WHYMIS.
  • Hydrogeological map of Zanzibar, 1:125,000. 1987. UNDP.
  • Groundwater Potential Maps for Nzega and Tabora study areas, Tanzania. 2002. BGS. View in report Davies & Ó Dochartaigh (2002).


Togo


Tunisia (Tunisie)

  • Carte des ressources en eau de la Tunisie, 1:500,000. 1990. Direction Générale des Ressources en Eau, Tunis.
  • Carte hydrogeologique de la Tunisie Sud 1:500,000. 1964.
  • Cartes des ressources en eau souterraines, 1:200,000. 1965–1972.
  • Carte hydrogeologique de la Tunisie, 1:50,000. 1951–1960.
  • See also Tunisia and Algeria in Maps covering more than one country.


Uganda

  • Groundwater Maps of Uganda, 1:175,000. Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE). From Groundwater Mapping Programme; a series of 6 maps for each area including hydrogeological properties, groundwater potential and hydrochemistry. E.g. Kibaale Ground Water Maps: Report and Maps, 2012.
  • Provisional Hydrogeological Map of Uganda, unknown scale. 2005. Wellfield Consulting Services, Gaborone.
  • Hydrogeological map of Uganda, 1:1,500,000. 1989. Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners / Institute of Hydrology / BGS. View scanned image at WHYMIS.


Western Sahara

  • See Morocco.


Zambia


Zimbabwe

  • Zimbabwe Regional Hydrogeological Map, 1:500,000. 1986. Ministry of Energy & Water Resources & Development, Harare. View scanned image at WHYMIS.
  • Map showing groundwater provinces of Southern Rhodesia, 1:2,000,000. 1964. No publication information known.


Hydrogeological map of Zambia
Hydrogeological map of Namibia
Mapa Hidrogeologico de Angola
Hydrogeological map of Tanzania


Maps covering more than one country

Congo Belge et Ruanda Urundi (now Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi)

  • Carte hydrogeologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda Urundi, 1:5,000,000. 1957. Service Geologique du Congo Belge. View scanned image at WHYMIS


Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin

  • Carte de Planification des ressources en eau du Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, du Togo et due Benin, 1:1,000,000. 1978. Comite Interafricain d’Etudes Hydrauliques, Ougadougou / BRGM. View scanned image at WHYMIS


Gabon and Congo (now Republic of the Congo)

  • Carte de Planification des Ressources en Eau du Gabon et du Congo, 1:1,000,000. 1982. Comité Interafricain d’Etudes Hydrauliques, Ouagadougou & BRGM, Orléans. View scanned image at WHYMIS


Niger / Nigeria

  • The transboundary hydrogeological map of the Komadugu-Yobe basin (Niger/Nigeria), 1:1,000,000. 2018. Lake Chad Basin Commission/BGR. View in report Rückl (2018).


Tunisia and Algeria

  • North Africa - Tunesia, Algeria / Afrika Kartenwerk - Tunesien, Algerien, 1:1,000,000. 1983. German Research Society, Berlin. View scanned image at WHYMIS



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