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Welcome to the Africa Groundwater Atlas

This Atlas provides a summary of the hydrogeology and groundwater resources of 51 African countries, and a gateway to further information. The aim of the Atlas is to improve the availability and accessibility of high quality information on groundwater in Africa, to support the safe and sustainable development and use of groundwater resources.

As well as information on individual countries, Atlas provides links to further information, including through the Africa Groundwater Literature Archive, and also provides supporting information on many groundwater-related issues that affect sustainable groundwater development, management and use.

The Atlas provides groundwater information and maps at a national scale, not local, site-specific groundwater information. For site-specific groundwater assessments, such as siting new water boreholes, more detailed information is needed.

Hydrogeology and groundwater resources by country

Hydrogeology by country

The Hydrogeology by country section provides a profile of each of 51 countries in Africa, and a gateway to further information sources. Each country page provides a summary of the geology and hydrogeology of key aquifers, the status of groundwater resources, and groundwater management. For each country there is also supporting environmental information: climate, major rivers, soils and land cover.

Contributing authors

The country profiles were prepared by the British Geological Survey (BGS) in collaboration with hydrogeologists, geologists and other groundwater experts from across Africa and beyond. The authors are cited on the relevant country pages, and details of all the contributing authors can be found here.

Resource pages

This section provides a series of pages with additional information on key issues related to hydrogeology, groundwater resources and management in Africa.

An overview of groundwater in Africa

A brief background to groundwater resources and hydrogeological environments in Africa

Supporting geological and environmental information

For each country, the Atlas provides maps and graphs with information on environmental parameters closely related to groundwater: geology, climate, major rivers, soils and land cover.

Key hydrogeological processes

An overview of key hydrogeological processes, with particular relevance to Africa: aquifer properties, recharge, and groundwater quality.

Groundwater and Hydrogeological Maps of Africa

Information on maps of groundwater and hydrogeology of Africa, including the Africa Groundwater Atlas Country Hydrogeology Maps.

Developing groundwater resources (groundwater development)

Resources relating to the sustainable development of groundwater resources using different groundwater source types, including stages and techniques for groundwater exploration and development, such as siting boreholes, borehole drilling, manual drilling, assessing source yield and assessing groundwater quality.

Groundwater management

Organisations supporting groundwater management; information on groundwater monitoring, groundwater use and groundwater data in Africa.

Key groundwater issues

Information on key groundwater issues in Africa, including urban groundwater, groundwater and irrigation, groundwater quality and transboundary aquifers.

Case studies

These case studies give practical examples of groundwater issues and how they have been addressed in countries across Africa.

Groundwater Data

Groundwater Research in Africa

Training and Educational Resources

Information and resources on online training courses and course material for water professionals, and educational resources to help explain groundwater issues and hydrogeology.

Groundwater Organisations in Africa

UN Year of Groundwater

Solar Groundwater Pumping in Africa

Climate Change Projections

Africa Groundwater Literature Archive

The Africa Groundwater Literature Archive is is an online library of documents about groundwater in Africa - a searchable database holding bibliographic references for thousands of items of literature related to groundwater in Africa. The documents include published and unpublished reports, journal papers, maps, books and academic theses.

Search the Archive by:

- location - search for all documents for a particular country; or for many of the documents, search for their detailed location on a map.

- thematic keyword - for example, search for documents about aquifer characterisation, groundwater quality, or socio-economics

The Archive gives full bibliographic references and, whereever possible, links to full-text documents.

Background information about the Africa Groundwater Literature Archive project.

Background to the Africa Groundwater Atlas

Further project information

Further information on the Africa Groundwater Atlas project.

Terms of use

Terms of use for information provided in the Atlas.

Contact us

If you would like further information about the Africa Groundwater Atlas, or have groundwater information you would like to see added to the Atlas, please contact us at AfricaGWAtlas@bgs.ac.uk.

Wikipedia edit-a-thon

At the 2019 IAH Congress we ran a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to transfer content from the Africa Groundwater Atlas into Wikipedia, to create the first Groundwater in Africa Wikipedia pages - making hydrogeology information for Africa even more visible and accessible to a wider audience.

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+==Welcome to the Africa Groundwater Atlas==
+This Atlas provides a summary of the hydrogeology and groundwater resources of 51 African countries, and a gateway to further information. The aim of the Atlas is to improve the availability and accessibility of high quality information on groundwater in Africa, to support the safe and sustainable development and use of groundwater resources.
+As well as information on individual countries, Atlas provides links to further information, including through the [https://www.bgs.ac.uk/africagroundwateratlas/index.cfm Africa Groundwater Literature Archive], and also provides supporting information on many groundwater-related issues that affect sustainable groundwater development, management and use.
+The Atlas provides groundwater information and maps at a national scale, not local, site-specific groundwater information. For site-specific groundwater assessments, such as siting new water boreholes, more detailed information is needed.
+==Hydrogeology and groundwater resources by country==
+===[[Hydrogeology by country | Hydrogeology by country]]===
+The [[Hydrogeology by country | '''Hydrogeology by country''']] section provides a profile of each of 51 countries in Africa, and a gateway to further information sources. Each country page provides a summary of the geology and hydrogeology of key aquifers, the status of groundwater resources, and groundwater management. For each country there is also [[Supporting environmental information | supporting environmental information]]: climate, major rivers, soils and land cover.
+[[File:AGA_Overview.png | 400px | center ]]
+===[[List of Authors | Contributing authors]]===
+The country profiles were prepared by the British Geological Survey (BGS) in collaboration with hydrogeologists, geologists and other groundwater experts from across Africa and beyond. The authors are cited on the relevant country pages, and details of all the [[List of Authors | '''contributing authors''' ]] can be found here.
+==[[Additional resources | Resource pages]]==
+This section provides a series of pages with additional information on key issues related to hydrogeology, groundwater resources and management in Africa.
+===[[Overview_of_Groundwater_in_Africa| An overview of groundwater in Africa]]===
+A brief [[Overview_of_Groundwater_in_Africa| background to groundwater resources and hydrogeological environments in Africa]]
+===[[Supporting environmental information | Supporting geological and environmental information]]===
+For each country, the Atlas provides maps and graphs with information on environmental parameters closely related to groundwater: [[Geology  | ''geology'']], [[Climate | ''climate'']], [[Surface water | ''major rivers'']], [[Soil | ''soils'']] and [[Land cover | ''land cover'']].
-==Welcome to the Africa Groundwater Atlas==
+===[[Hydrogeological Processes Africa| Key hydrogeological processes]]===
+An overview of key hydrogeological processes, with particular relevance to Africa: [[Aquifer properties | ''aquifer properties'']], [[Recharge | ''recharge'']], and [[Groundwater quality in Africa | ''groundwater quality'']].
+===[[Hydrogeology Maps Of Africa | Groundwater and Hydrogeological Maps of Africa]]===
+Information on [[Hydrogeology Maps Of Africa | ''maps of groundwater and hydrogeology of Africa'']], including the [[Africa Groundwater Atlas Hydrogeology Maps | ''Africa Groundwater Atlas '''Country Hydrogeology Maps''''']].
+===[[Developing Groundwater Resources | Developing groundwater resources (groundwater development)]] ===
+Resources relating to the sustainable development of groundwater resources using different [[Groundwater source types | ''groundwater source types'']], including [[Stages in groundwater exploration | ''stages and techniques for groundwater exploration and development'']], such as [[Siting Boreholes | ''siting boreholes'']], [[Borehole Drilling | ''borehole drilling'']], [[Manual drilling | ''manual drilling'']],  [[Assessing Groundwater Source Yield | ''assessing source yield'']] and [[Assessing Water Quality | ''assessing groundwater quality'']].
+===[[Groundwater Management | Groundwater management]]===
+Organisations supporting groundwater management; information on [[Groundwater monitoring | ''groundwater monitoring'']], [[Groundwater use | ''groundwater use'']] and [[Groundwater Data | ''groundwater data'']] in Africa.
+===[[Key Groundwater Issues | Key groundwater issues]]===
+Information on key groundwater issues in Africa, including [[Urban groundwater in Africa | ''urban groundwater'']], [[Groundwater irrigation in Africa | ''groundwater and irrigation'']], [[Groundwater quality in Africa | ''groundwater quality'']] and [[Transboundary aquifers | ''transboundary aquifers'']].
-This Atlas is an web resource that provides an introduction to the hydrogeology and groundwater resources of every country in Africa. The aim of the Atlas is to improve the availability and accessibility of robust information on groundwater in Africa, making it available to a wide range of stakeholders, so that the precious resource of groundwater can be developed and used in a safe and sustainable way.
+===[[Case studies | Case studies]]===
-The Atlas includes a summary of the hydrogeology and groundwater resources of individual countries, with links to further information through the [http://www.bgs.ac.uk/africagroundwateratlas/index.cfm Africa Groundwater Literature Archive]; and provides supporting information on aspects of hydrogeology and groundwater at a continental scale.
+These [[Case studies | case studies]] give practical examples of groundwater issues and how they have been addressed in countries across Africa.
+===[[Groundwater Data | Groundwater Data]]===
-[[File:AGA_Overview.png | 600px | center ]]
+===[[Groundwater Research in Africa | Groundwater Research in Africa]]===
+===[[Groundwater Educational Resources | Training and Educational Resources]]===
-===[[Hydrogeology by country | Hydrogeology by Country]]===
+Information and resources on online training courses and course material for water professionals, and educational resources to help explain groundwater issues and hydrogeology.
-This section provides a gateway to the hydrogeology of each country in Africa. There is a profile of the hydrogeology of each country, with consistent information on the geology and hydrogeology of key aquifers; groundwater status and management; and supporting information such as climate, hydrology, soils and land cover. Many of the country profiles have been co-written by groundwater experts from that country.
+===[[Groundwater Organisations in Africa | Groundwater Organisations in Africa]]===
+===[[UN Year of Groundwater | UN Year of Groundwater]]===
-====[[Hydrogeology by country | Country profiles ]]====
+===[[Solar Groundwater Pumping in Africa | Solar Groundwater Pumping in Africa]]===
-====[[List of Authors | Contributing authors ]]====
+===[[Climate Change Projections | Climate Change Projections]]===
-[[File:Countries2.png | center| 400px]]
+==[https://www.bgs.ac.uk/africagroundwateratlas/archive.cfm Africa Groundwater Literature Archive]==
+The [https://www.bgs.ac.uk/africagroundwateratlas/archive.cfm '''Africa Groundwater Literature Archive''']
+is is an online library of documents about groundwater in Africa - a searchable database holding bibliographic references for thousands of items of literature related to groundwater in Africa. The documents include published and unpublished reports, journal papers, maps, books and academic theses.
-===[[Overview of Groundwater in Africa | Overview of groundwater in Africa]]===
+Search the Archive by:
-The Atlas also provides an overview of groundwater in Africa at a continental scale, summarising the main hydrogeological environments and key issues related to groundwater use and management, with links to further information and data. This includes:
+:-  '''location''' - search for all documents for a particular country; or for many of the documents, search for their detailed location on a map.
+:- thematic '''keyword''' - for example, search for documents about ''aquifer characterisation'', ''groundwater quality'', or ''socio-economics''
-====[[Overview of Groundwater in Africa | Overview of groundwater in Africa]]====
+The Archive gives full bibliographic references and, whereever possible, links to full-text documents.
-Including a summary of the major [[Hydrogeological environments of Africa | hydrogeological environments]] in Africa.
+[[Africa Groundwater Literature Archive description | '''Background information about the Africa Groundwater Literature Archive project''']].
-====[[Additional resources | Resource Pages]]====
+[[File:Archivefront.PNG | 400px | center ]]
-Providing an introduction and links to further information on issues related to groundwater in Africa, including [[Climate | climate]]; [[Surface water | surface water]]; various aspects of physical and chemical hydrogeology; and groundwater development, use and management.
+==Background to the Africa Groundwater Atlas==
+===Further project information===
+[[Africa_Groundwater_Atlas_description| '''Further information''']] on the Africa Groundwater Atlas project.
-====Further Project Information====
+===Terms of use===
-Background on the Africa Groundwater Atlas project can be found [[Africa_Groundwater_Atlas_description| here]].
+[[Africa Groundwater Atlas Terms of Use | '''Terms of use''']] for information provided in the Atlas.
-==[http://www.bgs.ac.uk/africagroundwateratlas/index.cfm Africa Groundwater Literature Archive]==
+===Contact us===
-[[File:AGLA_header.png | 410x40px | center]]
+If you would like further information about the Africa Groundwater Atlas, or have groundwater information you would like to see added to the Atlas, please contact us at [mailto:AfricaGWAtlas@bgs.ac.uk  AfricaGWAtlas@bgs.ac.uk].
+==[[Wikipedia edit-a-thon | Wikipedia edit-a-thon]]==
-The [http://www.bgs.ac.uk/africagroundwateratlas/index.cfm Africa Groundwater Literature Archive]
+At the 2019 IAH Congress we ran a [[Wikipedia edit-a-thon | Wikipedia edit-a-thon]] to transfer content from the Africa Groundwater Atlas into Wikipedia, to create the first Groundwater in Africa Wikipedia pages - making hydrogeology information for Africa even more visible and accessible to a wider audience.
-is is an online database containing bibliographic references for thousands of items of literature related to groundwater in Africa. These include published and unpublished reports, journal papers, maps, books and academic theses. The full archive can be searched by country and thematic keywords; selected items can be searched by detailed location; and, where possible, links to full-text documents are provided.
-'''Access the [http://www.bgs.ac.uk/africagroundwateratlas/index.cfm Africa Groundwater Literature Archive].
-'''
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