Floodplains outside of the federal inventary
This dataset compiles floodplain areas identified across Switzerland that were mapped but not included in the federal inventory of floodplains. It distinguishes between objects excluded because they did not meet the assessment criteria for federal inventory status (referred to as Quality II) and other categories of excluded objects. The data is published by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU) as part of national environmental and water-management geospatial datasets. It is provided as a national-scope resource, freely accessible without authentication, and complements the official federal floodplain inventory by documenting additional mapped sites relevant to environmental and hydrological analysis.”Of all the floodplains mapped throughout Switzerland, the objects which have not been included in the federal inventory have been compiled in this dataset. A distinction has been made between objects that did not meet the assessment criteria for inclusion in the federal inventory (Quality II) and p…
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Data schema (8 fields)
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| de_bedeutungch.bafu.auen-ausserhalb_bundesinventar.de_bedeutung | varchar | Significance or importance of the floodplain, in German.Significance or importance of the floodplain, in German. |
| fr_qualitaetch.bafu.auen-ausserhalb_bundesinventar.fr_qualitaet | varchar | Quality classification of the floodplain, in French.Quality classification of the floodplain, in French. |
| shape_areaArea [ha] | integer | Area of the floodplain, in hectares.Area of the floodplain, in hectares. |
| idch.bafu.auen-ausserhalb_bundesinventar.id | integer | Unique identifier of the floodplain record.Unique identifier of the floodplain record. |
| fr_bedeutungch.bafu.auen-ausserhalb_bundesinventar.fr_bedeutung | varchar | Significance or importance of the floodplain, in French.Significance or importance of the floodplain, in French. |
| de_qualitaetch.bafu.auen-ausserhalb_bundesinventar.de_qualitaet | varchar | Quality classification of the floodplain, in German.Quality classification of the floodplain, in German. |
| name | varchar | Name of the floodplain object.Name of the floodplain object. |
| it_bedeutungch.bafu.auen-ausserhalb_bundesinventar.it_bedeutung | varchar | Significance or importance of the floodplain, in Italian.Significance or importance of the floodplain, in Italian. |
Schema captured from arcgis 15 hours ago.
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- https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bafu.auen-ausserhalb_bundesinventar
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