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List of Groundwater and Hydrogeology Maps in Africa
| 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 map | |||
| Groundwater resources of the world | 2008 | 1:25 million & 1: 40 million | WHYMAP | Vector shapefile to download;
paper map on poster; available to view in online portal ||Shapefile to download ; Scanned pdf map on poster ; Online map portal | |||
| 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 |
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