Regional hydrogeological maps of Africa

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Maps by date of publication

This lists maps that cover more than one country, and in most cases cover large regions of Africa. They are listed in reverse order of age.

Most of these are traditional hydrogeological or groundwater resource maps. One or two focus on particular themes related to groundwater.

Region of Africa Map Title Date Scale Editors Publishing Organisation Format Where to find Notes
Parts of southern Africa Ramotswa Aquifer 2018? Ramotswa project consortium Created as shapefiles. Available to view in online portal. Ramotswa Information Management System (RIMS) 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 Groundwater drought risk maps 2013 n/a Villholth, Tøttrup, Stendel & Maherry. IWMI GIS Available to view in SADC online portal Developed as part of the spatial analysis tool GRiMMS (Groundwater Drought Risk Mapping and Management System). Described in Villholth, Tøttrup, Stendel & Maherry. 2013. Integrated mapping of groundwater drought risk in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Hydrogeology Journal (2013) 21: 863–885. DOI 10.1007/s10040-013-0968-1
SADC 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. Online portal Hydrogeological map shows aquifer lithology, flow type and groundwater potential
Egypt Middle East Hydrogeology / Vorderer Orient Hydrogeologie 1990 1: 8 million Schöler et al Universität Tübingen, Germany View scanned image in WHYMIS portal
North Africa, parts of west and northeast Africa 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 View scanned image in WHYMIS portal Covers Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, (CAR?), Algeria, Morocco, WS, Mauritania, parts of Mali, Niger & Chad
West and Central Africa Map of groundwater resource potentiality of West and Central Africa 1986 1: 5 million BRGM Paris View scanned image in WHYMIS portal Combines type of reservoir, mainly based on lithology and potentiality grades, based on number of wells/sources inventoried.
Algeria and Tunisia North Africa – Tunesia, Algeria 1983 1: 1 million Stuckmann et al German Research Society, Berlin View scanned image in WHYMIS portal
Gabon, Republic of Congo Carte de Planification des Ressources en Eau du Gabon et du Congo 1982 1: 1 million Comité Interafricain d’Etudes Hydrauliques, Ouagadougou & BRGM, Orléans View scanned image in WHYMIS portal Represents ‘renewable resource of aquifers as fraction of mean effective precipitation. Also shows exploitable reserves, main geological formations, rivers, main wells
Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin Carte de Planification des ressources en eau du Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, du Togo et due Benin 1978 1:1 million Bourgeois Comite Interafricain d’Etudes Hydrauliques, Ougadougou / BRGM View scanned image in WHYMIS portal
Sahel 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)
North and West Africa Groundwater in North and West Africa 1975 1:4 million View scanned image in WHYMIS portal
Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi Carte hydrogeologique du Congo Belge et du Ruanda Urundi 1957 1:5 million M J Snel Service Geologique du Congo Belge View scanned image in WHYMIS portal


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