Groundwater Resources of the

Bundesanstalt für Exportdatum: 12.06.2024 Datum: EPSG:WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator

Geowissenschaften
und Rohstoffe Maßstab 1 : 27000000
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Global Groundwater Vulnerability to Floods and
Droughts
Coastal area mostly with aquifers highly vulnerable to moderate vulnerability to floods and low vulnerability to
tsunami hazards droughts
wave height 2 - 5 m
low vulnerability to floods and moderate vulnerability to
droughts
wave height > 5 m

moderate vulnerability to floods and droughts

Surface water
Lake
large freshwater lake high vulnerability to floods and moderate vulnerability to
droughts

large saltwater lake

moderate vulnerability to floods and high vulnerability to
droughts
River

high vulnerability to floods and droughts

Continuous ice sheet

Groundwater recharge (mm/a)

< 20

20 - 100

> 100

Area of saline groundwater

Groundwater vulnerability
low vulnerability to floods and droughts