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Biosphere Reserves around the World
Composed of 669 biosphere reserves in 120 countries, including 16 transboundary sites, the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) of the UNESCO Man And Biosphere (MAB)... -
Total charges for a consumption of 100m³ of water in 2015
Total charges is expressed in US dollars. The amount of total charges is derived from the addition of total charges for drinking water, environmental charges, and VAT and/or... -
Area of landfills and dumpsites in the Dinaric Alps region (2013)
Landfills are rarely properly constructed or lined and therefore represent a potential source of contamination.Solid waste in the form of hundreds of unregulated landfills and... -
Global drought severity (1901-2008)
Drought severity measures the average length of droughts times the dryness of the droughts from 1901 to 2008. Drought is defined as a contiguous period when soil moisture... -
Volume of collected wastewater in the Arab States in 2013 (in millions m3)
This layer shows the volume of collected wastewater in the Arab States, expressed in millions of cubic meters. Access to improved sanitation is largely prevalent in the Arab... -
River basins in the Dinaric Alps region: Adriatic sea basin and Black sea basin
The total surface area of the Adriatic basin in the four countries is 65,545 km² while the Black Sea basin covers 44,865 km² of the project area. Dash lines represent the limit... -
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage... -
Tropical cyclones surges events (1975-2007)
This layer provides a compilation of estimated storm surges triggered by tropical cyclones of Saffir-Simpson category (Don't forget to zoom on the coasts!). The Saffir–Simpson... -
Volume of wastewater generated by industry in 2011 (in millions of m3)
This layer shows the volume of wastewater generated by industry in the Europe and North America region, expressed in millions of cubic meters. Spain generates the largest... -
SDG Indicator 6.1.1 : Proportion of population using safely managed drinking ...
Population using an improved drinking water source (piped water into dwellings, yards or plots; public taps or standpipes; boreholes or tubewells; protected dug wells; or... -
Presence of water in 696 water points in Bolivia (2015-2016)
This layer identifies if any water was available at the water point on the day of the visit (recognizing that it may be a limited flow) in Bolivia. Data was gathered from the... -
Area equipped for irrigation and actually irrigated
Area actually irrigted, as a percentage of area equipped for irrigation. The statistics with a reference year closest to year 2005 were selected for this version 5 of the Global... -
Global interannual variability
Inter-annual variability measures the variation in water supply between years. -
Coastal Aquifers in the Mediterranean
This map presents information on coastal aquifers in the Mediterranean. For additional information on the assessment of risks and uncertainties relating to Mediterranean coastal... -
Areas of saline groundwater
This map presents areas identified as having saline groundwater (i.e. salinity regionally exceeding 5 g/l), and where groundwater is generally not suitable for human... -
Groundwater as abstraction source for drinking water supply in 2014
Data is given as the percentage of water abstracted for drinking supply that comes from groundwater. Abstraction sources include: groundwater, spring water, surface water, other... -
Percentage of population with access to improved sanitation
This map presents the percentage of population with access to improved sanitation for the last collected values in world cities during the period 1990 to 2007. It also provides... -
Flood risk at UNESCO World Heritage natural sites
This layer shows UNESCO World Heritage site subjected to flood risk. -
Areas of heavy groundwater abstraction
This map presents areas of heavy groundwater abstraction with over-exploitation around the world.For more information, visit: www.whymap.org -
Global upstream storage (2010)
Upstream storage measures the water storage capacity available upstream of a location relative to the total water supply at that location from 1950 to 2010. Higher values...
