Additional resources

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Additional resources on groundwater in Africa

This section provides more background information on many different aspects of groundwater and hydrogeology in Africa, and links to more detailed resources.

Overview of groundwater in Africa

This overview of groundwater in Africa introduces groundwater resources in Africa.

Supporting information

In these pages, you can find information on the maps and graphs on the country pages in the Atlas: how they were developed, and links to the original data sources, all of which are free to download.

- Geography

- Geology

- Climate

- Land cover

- Soil

- Surface water

Hydrogeology

- Africa hydrogeology map

- Aquifer properties

- Recharge

- Groundwater quality

Developing groundwater resources

- Introduction to groundwater development techniques

Groundwater use and management

- Resources to support groundwater management

- Groundwater use in Africa

- Urban groundwater in Africa

- Groundwater and irrigation in Africa

- Transboundary aquifers

- Long term groundwater datasets

Groundwater organisations

- Links to groundwater organisations and other resources

Case studies

- A series of case studies that illustrate various groundwater issues across Africa.

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