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|Ramotswa Aquifer ||2018? || || ||Ramotswa project consortium ||Created as shapefiles. Available to view in online portal.||Ramotswa Information Management System (RIMS) | |||
https://ramotswa.un-igrac.org ||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 ||Online map portal at www.gip.sadc-gmi.org or www.sadc-gip.un-igrac.org || 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 WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr || | |||
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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 WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr ||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 WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr||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 WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr || | |||
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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 WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr ||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 WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr || | ||
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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 WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr|| | ||
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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 WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr || | ||
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List of Groundwater and Hydrogeology Maps in Africa
Continental Maps
Map Title | Date | Scale | Editors | Publishing Organisation | Format | Where to find | Notes |
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 | |||
World Karst Aquifer Map | 2017 | WHYMAP | Vector shapefile; paper map on poster; available to view in online portal | Shapefile download ; Online map portal | |||
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 | Online map portal | |||
Global Groundwater vulnerability to floods & droughts | 2015 | 1: 25 million | WHYMAP | Vector shapefile; paper map on poster; available to view in online portal | Shapefile download ; Online map portal ; Scanned pdf map on poster | ||
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) | 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) |
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) | 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 |
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) | 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 |
Groundwater and river basins of the world | 2012 | WHYMAP | Scanned pdf | Scanned pdf | |||
Groundwater resources map of Africa | 2008 | WHYMAP | Scanned pdf map | Scanned pdf map | Extract from ‘Groundwater Resources map of the World | ||
Carte hydrogeologique de l’Afrique Hydrogeological map of Africa | 2008 | 1:10 million | Jean Jaques Seguin et al | BRGM | |||
Regional / Multi-Country
Map Title | Date | Scale | Editors | Publishing Organisation | Format | Where to find | Notes |
Ramotswa Aquifer | 2018? | Ramotswa project consortium | Created as shapefiles. Available to view in online portal. | Ramotswa Information Management System (RIMS)
https://ramotswa.un-igrac.org ||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. | |||
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 | Online map portal at www.gip.sadc-gmi.org or www.sadc-gip.un-igrac.org | Hydrogeological map shows aquifer lithology, flow type and groundwater potential | |
Middle East Hydrogeology / Vorderer Orient Hydrogeologie | 1990 | 1: 8 million | Schöler et al | Universität Tübingen, Germany | Scanned image available to view in WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr | ||
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 WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr | Covers Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, (CAR?), Algeria, Morocco, WS, Mauritania, parts of Mali, Niger & Chad | |
Map of groundwater resource potentiality of West and Central Africa | 1986 | 1: 5 million | BRGM Paris | Scanned image available to view in WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr | Combines type of reservoir, mainly based on lithology and potentiality grades, based on number of wells/sources inventoried. | ||
North Africa – Tunesia, Algeria | 1983 | 1: 1 million | Stuckmann et al | German Research Society, Berlin | Scanned image available to view in WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr | ||
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 WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr | Represents ‘renewable resource of aquifers as fraction of mean effective precipitation. Also shows exploitable reserves, main geological formations, rivers, main wells | ||
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 WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr | ||
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) | ||||
Groundwater in North and West Africa | 1975 | 1:4 million | Scanned image available to view in WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr | ||||
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 WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal at https://geoviewer.bgr.de/mapapps4/resources/apps/whymap/index.html?lang=en&tab=whymap_gwr |
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