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==List of Groundwater and Hydrogeology Maps in Africa==
 
===Continental Maps===
 
{| class = "wikitable"
|Map Title || Date ||Scale ||Editors ||Publishing Organisation ||Format||Where to find ||Notes
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|Groundwater resources of Africa ||2018 || ||  ||BGR / WHYMAP ||Paper map with marginalia || ||Special edition produced for 7th Africa Water Week. Depicts current status on groundwater resources mapping in Africa. Includes cross sections, TBA maps and information from regional hydrogeological studies
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|World Karst Aquifer Map ||2017 || ||  ||WHYMAP ||Vector shapefile; paper map on poster; available to view in online portal||[https://produktcenter.bgr.de/terraCatalog/OpenSearch.do?search=473d851c-4694-4050-a37f-ee421170eca8&type=/Query/OpenSearch.do Shapefile download] ; [https://www.whymap.org/whymap/EN/Maps_Data/Wokam/wokam_node_en.html Online map portal] ||
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|Global transboundary aquifer (TBA) maps ||2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 || ||  ||IGRAC and UNESCO-IHP ||Created as shapefiles; available to view in online portal; paper map on poster ||[https://tbamap.un-igrac.org Online map portal]||
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|Global Groundwater vulnerability to floods & droughts||2015 ||1: 25 million ||  ||WHYMAP ||Vector shapefile; paper map on poster; available to view in online portal ||[https://produktcenter.bgr.de/terraCatalog/OpenSearch.do?search=0cf5c86b-ac00-4c3d-845b-792f8bdce023&type=/Query/OpenSearch.do Shapefile download] ; [https://marportal.un-igrac.org Online map portal] ; [https://www.whymap.org/whymap/EN/Maps_Data/Gwes/gwes_node_en.html Scanned pdf map on poster] ||
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|Groundwater (aquifer) productivity for Africa ||2012 ||nominal 1:20 million || MacDonald et al ||BGS ||xyz tab-delimited text file (easily convertible to raster/grid in GIS) ||[https://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/international/africangroundwater/mapsDownload.html Download digital map] ||Part of Quantitative Maps of Africa set. Shows estimated relative aquifer productivity based on potential borehole yield (properly located, constructed etc) as a proxy, with 6 classes from Very High (> 20 l/s) to Very Low (< 0.1 l/s)
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|Groundwater storage for Africa ||2012 ||nominal 1:20 million || MacDonald et al ||BGS ||xyz tab-delimited text file (easily convertible to raster/grid in GIS) ||[https://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/international/africangroundwater/mapsDownload.html Download digital map] ||Part of Quantitative Maps of Africa set. Shows potential groundwater storage as water depth in mm, with 6 classes from 0 to > 50,000 mm
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|Depth to groundwater  for Africa ||2012 ||nominal 1:20 million || MacDonald et al ||BGS ||xyz tab-delimited text file (easily convertible to raster/grid in GIS) ||[https://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/international/africangroundwater/mapsDownload.html Download digital map] ||Part of Quantitative Maps of Africa set. Shows potential groundwater storage as water depth in mm, with 6 classes from 0 to > 50,000 mm
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|Groundwater and river basins of the world ||2012 || ||  ||WHYMAP ||Scanned pdf ||[https://www.un-igrac.org/sites/default/files/resources/files/whymap_ed2015_25m_map.pdf Scanned pdf] ||
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|Groundwater resources map of Africa||2008 || || || WHYMAP ||Scanned pdf map||[https://www.whymap.org/whymap/EN/Maps_Data/Additional_maps/gwrm_africa_pdf.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2 Scanned pdf map] ||Extract from ‘Groundwater Resources map of the World
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|Carte hydrogeologique de l’Afrique Hydrogeological map of Africa ||2008 ||1:10 million ||Jean Jaques Seguin et al  ||BRGM || || ||
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|Groundwater resources of the world ||2008 ||1:25 million & 1:40 million ||  ||WHYMAP || ||[https://produktcenter.bgr.de/terraCatalog/OpenSearch.do?search=29949f35-6fe1-4775-bc97-62274a30c70b&type=/Query/OpenSearch.do Vector shapefile to download]; [https://www.whymap.org/whymap/EN/Maps_Data/Gwrw/gwrw_node_en.html Paper map on poster]; [https://tbamap.un-igrac.org Available to view in online portal]. ||
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===Regional / Multi-Country===
 
{| class = "wikitable"
|Map Title || Date ||Scale ||Editors ||Publishing Organisation ||Format||Where to find ||Notes
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|Ramotswa Aquifer ||2018? || ||  ||Ramotswa project consortium ||Created as shapefiles. Available to view in online portal.||[https://ramotswa.un-igrac.org Ramotswa Information Management System] (RIMS) ||Online portal with maps of the Ramotswa aquifer (Botswana + South Africa). Multiple map layers including aquifer boundary, location of springs, groundwater levels and quality parameters, recharge.
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|SADC Hydrogeological map ||2010 ||1:2.5 million || ||Sweco Internationl (Sweden); Council for Geoscience (South Africa); Water Geosciences Consulting (South Africa) and Water Resources Consultants (Botswana). ||Created as shapefiles. Available to view in online portal ||[www.sadc-gip.un-igrac.org Online map portal]|| Hydrogeological map  shows aquifer lithology, flow type and groundwater potential
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|Middle East Hydrogeology / Vorderer Orient Hydrogeologie ||1990 ||1: 8 million ||Schöler et al  ||Universität Tübingen, Germany || ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal]||
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|Hydrogeological Map of the Arab Region and Adjacent Areas ||1988 ||1:5 million ||J Khouri & A Droubi  ||Regional Office for Science & Technology in the Arab States, ACSAD; WRD & UNESCO || ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS]||Covers Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, (CAR?), Algeria, Morocco, WS, Mauritania,  parts of Mali, Niger & Chad
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|Map of groundwater resource potentiality of West and Central Africa  ||1986 ||1: 5 million ||  ||BRGM Paris || || Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal] ||Combines type of reservoir, mainly based on lithology and potentiality grades, based on number of wells/sources inventoried.
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|North Africa – Tunesia, Algeria||1983 ||1: 1 million || Stuckmann et al ||German Research Society, Berlin || ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal]||
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|Carte de Planification des Ressources en Eau du Gabon et du Congo||1982 ||1: 1 million ||  || Comité Interafricain d’Etudes Hydrauliques, Ouagadougou & BRGM, Orléans || ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal]  ||Represents ‘renewable resource of aquifers as fraction of mean effective precipitation. Also shows exploitable reserves, main geological formations, rivers, main wells
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|Carte de Planification des ressources en eau du Ghana, du Togo et due Benin  ||1978 ||1:1 million ||Bourgeois||Comite Interafricain d’Etudes Hydrauliques, Ougadougou / BRGM || ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal]  ||
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|Carte de planification pour l’exploitation des eaux souterraines de l’Afrique soudano-sahelienne||1976 ||1:1.5 million ||  ||BRGM with Bureau Central d’Etudes pour les equipments Outre-Mer (Mali) & Comite Inter-africain d’Etudes Hydrauliques (Niger) || || ||
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|Groundwater in North and West Africa||1975 ||1:4 million ||  || || ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal]||
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|Carte hydrogeologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda Urundi  ||1957 ||1:5 million || M J Snel ||Service Geologique du Congo Belge || ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal]||
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===National / Country===
 
{| class = "wikitable"
|Map Title || Date ||Scale ||Editors ||Publishing Organisation ||Format||Where to find ||Notes
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|MAR suitability map for South Africa ||2009 || ||  ||DWP || ||Available to view in [https://marportal.un-igrac.org online map portal] ||
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|Carte Hydrogeologie de Madagascar||2008 ||1:500,000 ||Davies ||BGS || || ||
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|Hydrogeological Map of the Republic of South Africa ||2004 ||1:2 million ||I du Toit  || Department of Water Affairs & Forestry, Pretoria|| ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal]||
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|Hydrogeological Map of Namibia||2001 ||1:1 million ||van Wyk et al  ||Geological Survey Namibia, Department of Water Affairs, Windhoek & Bundesanstalt fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Hannover || ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal]; explanations in report [https://www.bgr.bund.de/EN/Themen/Wasser/Projekte/abgeschlossen/TZ/Namibia/groundwater_namibia.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3 Groundwater in Namibia] (Christelis and Struckmeier 2001/2011)||
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|Ethiopia: Water security and drought||2001 ||1:3.5 million ||MacDonald et al  ||BGS ||Created in GIS. Available as pdf image ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal]||
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|Ile Maurice Carte Geologique au 1:50 000 Schema hydrogeologique||1999 ||1:50,000 ||Giorgi et al||Republique du Maurice; Union Europeene; Ministere des Affaires Etrangers Cooperation et Francophonie || || ||
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|Groundwater harvest potential of the Republic of South Africa ||1996 ||1:3 million ||Seymour et al  ||DWAF, Pretoria || ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal]. See also [https://www.dwaf.gov.za DWAF].||
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|Groundwater resources of the Republic of South Africa – Sheet 1 ||1995 ||1: 2.5 million || Vegter et al  ||DWAF, Pretoria || ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal]. See also [https://www.dwaf.gov.za DWAF].||
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|Groundwater resources of the Republic of South Africa – Sheet 2 ||1995  ||1: 2.5 million || Vegter et al  ||DWAF, Pretoria || ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal]. See also [https://www.dwaf.gov.za DWAF].||
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|Groundwater pollution vulnerability map Republic of Botswana ||1995 ||1:1 million ||Busch & von Hoyer ||Geological Survey Department, Lobatse|| || ||
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|Hydrogeological map of Lesotho ||>1993 ||1:300,000 ||Arduino et al ||Government of Lesotho Ministry of Natural Resources, Department of Water Affairs, Ground Water Division; Government of Italy General Directorate of Development Cooperation || ||Scanned image available to view in [https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal] ||
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