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The Africa Groundwater Atlas is currently under development, so please excuse any incomplete pages, and understand that there may be errors that have not yet been identified. Please do return over the coming months to see extended and improved content.

Welcome to the Africa Groundwater Atlas

This Atlas is an online resource that provides an introduction to the groundwater resources of 52 African countries, and a gateway to further information. 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.

The Atlas includes a summary of the hydrogeology, groundwater status and groundwater management of individual countries, with links to further information through the Africa Groundwater Literature Archive; and provides supporting information on aspects of hydrogeology and groundwater at a continental scale.

Hydrogeology by country

This section provides a summary of the hydrogeology, groundwater resources and status, and groundwater management of 52 African countries, and a gateway to further information.

Overview of groundwater in Africa

This section provides an overview of groundwater in Africa at a continental scale, summarising the main hydrogeological environments. There is also a series of resource pages on key issues related to hydrogeology, groundwater use and management - such as climate, recharge and groundwater quality. Links to further information and data are provided.

Further project information

Background on the Africa Groundwater Atlas project can be found here.

Africa Groundwater Literature Archive

The Africa Groundwater Literature Archive 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 These include published and unpublished reports, journal papers, maps, books and academic theses.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 Africa Groundwater Literature Archive.

Contact us

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