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Africa Groundwater Atlas >> Resource pages >> Groundwater and Hydrogeological Maps of Africa >> List of National Scale Groundwater Maps in Africa
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Maps covering only Africa
This lists maps that cover the whole continent of Africa, but no other area. They are listed in reverse order of age.
| Map Title | Date | Scale | Editors | Publishing Organisation | Format | Where to find | Notes |
| Groundwater resources of Africa | 2018 | BGR / WHYMAP | Paper , pdf | 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 | |||
| Transboundary aquifers of Africa | 2018 | IGRAC and UNESCO-IHP | GIS; pdf | Available to view in Online map portal; pdf | |||
| 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 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 | 2008 | 1:10 million | Jean Jaques Seguin et al | BRGM | Project webpage | Not currently available to download | |
| Hydrogeological map of Africa | 1992 | 1:5 million | Safar Zitoun, M. & Nouiouat, A.C | Organisation Africaine de Cartographie et de Télédétection (OACT) | Scanned image available to view in WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal | ||
| Major Hydrogeological Formations (after Geological Map of Africa, 1:5,000,000) | 1988 | 1:5 million | United Nations | Scanned image available to view in WHYMAP/WHYMIS portal |
Maps of the world that include Africa
This lists global maps that include Africa. They are listed in reverse order of age.
| Map Title | Date | Scale | Editors | Publishing Organisation | Format | Where to find |
| World Karst Aquifer Map | 2017 | WHYMAP | Vector shapefile; webmap service; view online; pdf poster; printed map | Download shapefile or poster pdf; web map service; view online on WHYMAP Viewer; for a printed copy contact whymap@bgr.de | ||
| Global transboundary aquifer (TBA) maps | 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 | IGRAC and UNESCO-IHP | Shapefile; view online; printed map on poster | IGRAC online portal | ||
| Global Groundwater vulnerability to floods & droughts | 2015 | 1: 25 million | WHYMAP | Vector shapefile; webmap service; view online; pdf poster; printed map | Download shapefile or poster pdf; web map service; view online on WHYMAP Viewer; for a printed copy contact whymap@bgr.de | |
| Groundwater and river basins of the world | 2012 | WHYMAP | Vector shapefile; webmap service; view online; pdf poster; printed map | Download shapefile or poster pdf; web map service; view online on WHYMAP Viewer; for a printed copy contact whymap@bgr.de | ||
| Groundwater resources of the world | 2008 | 1:25 million & 1:40 million | WHYMAP | Vector shapefile; webmap service; view online; pdf poster; printed map | Download shapefile or poster pdf; web map service; view online on WHYMAP Viewer or IGRAC online portal; for a printed copy contact whymap@bgr.de |
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