The FOEN publishes many maps and geodata sets on the topic of water. Many of them can be viewed on the Federal map portal. They can also downloaded as geodata sets for personal use.
Thema Wasser auf map.geo.admin.ch
Map.geo.admin.ch is the Swiss Government map viewer. Different topics give different views of the data they contain. The topic of water is one of them. It displays all the government maps covering the waters of Switzerland. There is a wide diversity, ranging from real-time water temperature in rivers, through groundwater protection zones to the potential for small hydropower plants. Subject-related data such as the water storage capacity of the ground or the distribution of rock strata are also included.
FOEN geodata on water
A geographic information system (GIS) or GIS software is required to use the geodata and services.
Clicking on the product name opens a preview in the federal map portal (map.geo.admin.ch).
The zip file linked under ‘WMS layers’ contains ArcGIS lyr files and QGIS qml files which refer to the respective service. All these services can also be accessed via the following address.
Surface waters: Monitoring networks and their catchments
Product name with preview in map.geo
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Information
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Link for download or possibility of purchase/subscription |
WMS-Layers
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Hydrological gauging stations FOEN: locations of the stations Status 2019 |
Information for specialists | zip (ZIP, 8 kB, 27.07.2021) | |
Hydrological gauging stations FOEN: catchments Status 2024 |
Product documentation |
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Gauging stations for hydrological study areas Status 2016 |
zip (ZIP, 9 kB, 27.07.2021) | ||
Status 2016 |
zip (ZIP, 8 kB, 27.07.2021) | ||
Status 2013 |
zip (ZIP, 8 kB, 27.07.2021) | ||
Status 2014 |
zip (ZIP, 8 kB, 27.07.2021) | ||
Status 2005 |
- | fileGDB | zip (ZIP, 9 kB, 31.03.2025) |
National River Monitoring and Survey Programme (NADUF) (locations of the gauging station) Status 2024 |
zip (ZIP, 7 kB, 27.07.2021) | ||
National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA) Status 2023 |
Information for specialist | zip (ZIP, 18 kB, 27.07.2021) |
Surface waters: State, pressures, inputs
Product name with preview in map.geo
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Information |
Link for download or possibility of purchase/subscription |
WMS-Layers
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Status 2011 |
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personalGDB (linear referenced data and feature classes with geometry)
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zip (ZIP, 9 kB, 27.07.2021) |
Diffuse dissolved phosphorus inputs into waters Status 2023 |
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zip (ZIP, 9 kB, 27.07.2021) | |
Diffuse total nitrogen inputs into waters Status 2023 |
Information for specialists | zip (ZIP, 9 kB, 27.07.2021) | |
Diffuse total phosphorus inputs Status 2023 |
Information for specialists | geoTIFF | zip (ZIP, 11 kB, 29.09.2023) |
Mean monthly and annual discharge Status 2006 |
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Mean discharge for the river network Status 2013 |
Information for specialists Product documentation |
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Mean monthly and annual discharge: future scenarios Status 2019 |
Information for specialists | - | |
Status 2004 |
Information for specialists |
zip (ZIP, 10 kB, 27.07.2021) | |
Status 2014 |
Information for specialists (in German) |
On request: |
zip (ZIP, 9 kB, 27.07.2021) |
Surface waters: Reference and basic data
| Product name with preview in map.geo
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Informations |
Link for download or possibility of purchase/subscription |
WMS-Layers
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Status 2013, Reference: VECTOR25, 2007 |
Geodatenmodell V1.0, ID 135.6, in German |
zip (ZIP, 7 kB, 27.07.2021) | |
Status 2014, Reference: VECTOR25, 2007 |
zip (ZIP, 8 kB, 27.07.2021) | ||
Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waterbodies Status 2024 |
Geodatenmodell V1.0; ID 135.4 |
zip (ZIP, 10 kB, 27.07.2021) | |
| Topographical catchments areas: Derivative total catchments Status 2024 |
Information for specialists | - | |
Hydrographic division of Switzerland Status 2004 |
- | ||
Stocking map along watercourses and lakeshores State 2022 |
COG TIFF | zip (ZIP, 7 kB, 16.12.2022) | |
Percentage of stocking along rivers State 2022 |
fileGDB | zip (ZIP, 10 kB, 16.12.2022) |
Groundwater: Basic and reference data
| Product name with preview in map.geo
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Information |
Link for download or possibility of purchase/subscription |
WMS-Layers
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| Hydrogeological map of Switzerland 1:100000 | Information for specialists | Format JPEG (JFIF) |
zip (ZIP, 9 kB, 27.07.2021) |
Hydrogeological map Related vector dataset (Basel, Vallorbe-Leman nord, Sarine-Saane, Biel-Bienne) Status 2014 |
Information for specialists | - | |
Status 2009 |
Information for specialists | zip (ZIP, 8 kB, 27.07.2021) | |
Status 2008 |
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zip (ZIP, 8 kB, 27.07.2021) | |
Status 2008 |
Methode zur Kartierung der Vulnerabilität (practical help, in German and French only) |
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zip (ZIP, 8 kB, 27.07.2021) |
Status 2017 |
Information for specialists | zip (ZIP, 8 kB, 27.07.2021) | |
Status 2019 |
Information for specialists | shp on request: |
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Groundwater: Monitoring networks and ground water status
Product (preview in map.geo.admin.ch) |
Information |
Link for download or possibility of purchase/subscription |
WMS layers |
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Status: current |
Information for specialists | GeoJSON
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zip |
Groundwater level and spring discharge Preview in hydrodaten.admin.ch Status: current/real-time |
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zip |
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Preview in hydrodaten.admin.ch Status: current/real-time |
GeoJSON | zip | |
Status 2013 |
Information for specialists | On request |
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Status 2013 |
On request |
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Last modification 11.04.2025
