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ABOUT THIS MAP This map is about Transboundary Aquifers (TBAs) of the world. It shows the state of information presently available on the occurrence and extent of TBAs world-wide. The map provides a global overview of these important shared water resources and intends to encourage further research and assessment thereof. The map is based on the most recent inventory results of many active working groups around the world; details on the procedures for preparing this map are available in the section ‘Map compilation and labelling.’ Inventories and assessment of TBAs across the world, followed by information exchange among states sharing an aquifer are considered prerequisites for appropriate TBA governance. This map aims to contribute to raising awareness on the importance of the governance of shared aquifer resources and to building the much needed global knowledge base. Since its establishment in 2003, IGRAC has been involved in TBA governance activities within the frameworks of the UNECE Transboundary waters assessment, GEF International Waters (IW) Focal Area and the International Shared Aquifer Resources Management (ISARM) initiative led by UNESCO-IHP and IAH.

COLOPHON The mission of the International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC) is to facilitate and promote global sharing of information and knowledge required for sustainable groundwater resources development and management. As an independent and non-profit centre, IGRAC operates under auspices of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). IGRAC is an in-house partner of UNESCO-IHE in Delft, the Netherlands, and receives financial support from the Government of the Netherlands. Visit address Westvest 7, 2611 AX Delft, The Netherlands Phone: +31 15 215 2325 , www.un-igrac.org / www.isarm.org

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THE IMPORTANCE OF GROUNDWATER AND TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS

Groundwater is the most abundant source of freshwater on earth, accounting for approximately 97% of non-frozen fresh water. It is an important natural resource that greatly contributes to human development. Approximately 50% of the world’s population drinks groundwater daily. It is often critical for sustaining rural populations that are located away from surface water and piped infrastructure. With respect to food production, groundwater is estimated to contribute to over 40 percent of the world’s production of irrigated crops. Groundwater sustains ecosystems, maintains base flow of rivers and stabilizes land in areas with easily compressed soils. Aquifers can also buffer impacts resulting from seasonal variability and climate change. However, groundwater does not stop flowing at political borders and huge resources are stored in transboundary aquifers. Therefore, the identification, mapping, assessment and development of governance mechanisms for transboundary aquifers are important tasks for ensuring the sustainability of these resources and peaceful cooperation between countries. There are now 608 identified transboundary aquifers, including 226 transboundary ‘groundwater bodies’ as defined in the European Union Water Framework Directive (EU WFD), underlying almost every nation. The United Nations International Law Commission’s Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers (Draft Articles) define an aquifer as “a permeable water-bearing geological formation underlain by a less permeable layer and the water contained in the saturated zone of the formation.” The Draft Articles further define a transboundary aquifer or a transboundary aquifer system as “an aquifer or aquifer system, parts of which are situated in different States.” The EU WFD defines an aquifer as “a subsurface layer or layers of rock or other geological strata of sufficient porosity and permeability to allow either a significant flow of groundwater or the abstraction of significant quantities of groundwater” and a body of groundwater (a.k.a. groundwater body) as “a distinct volume of groundwater within an aquifer or aquifers.” [Note: Mapping for the European Region includes both transboundary aquifers and transboundary groundwater bodies as explained above in Map Compilation and Labelling]. The number of TBAs has been increasing steadily since the first ‘Transboundary Aquifers of the World Map’ was released in 2009. It is likely that new TBAs will still be identified in the future and that the delineation of existing TBAs may be refined once further studies are conducted.

THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND AGREEMENTS Governance of aquifers is increasingly important, due to competing users, over abstraction, contamination, and degradation of groundwater recharge areas. Although, many states have national laws and/or policies applicable to groundwater, there are very few agreements - formal or informal - governing transboundary aquifers. The only treaty for the joint management of a transboundary aquifer is the Convention on the protection, utilization, recharge and monitoring of the Franco-Swiss Genevese Aquifer. There are three others aquifers with agreements: the Guaraní Aquifer System [not yet in force] (21S), the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System [NSAS] (AF63), and the North Western Sahara Aquifer System [NWSAS] (AF69).

In 1966, the International Law Association (ILA), an international non-governmental organisation of legal experts, drafted the Helsinki Rules on the Uses of Waters of International Rivers to serve as guidelines for sharing transboundary waters. Although, future codification efforts were primarily focused on surface water, the ILA also made several efforts to deal with the specific dynamics of groundwater resources in other guidelines such as the Seoul Rules of 1985 and Berlin Rules of 2004. Shortly after the drafting of the Helsinki Rules, the United Nations International Law Committee (ILC), which is officially in charge of the codification of international law, began crafting the United Nations Convention on the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (UN Watercourses Convention). In 1997, after 25 years of progressive work, the UN Watercourses Convention included, in a global treaty, rules for sharing transboundary watercourses. The Convention enters into force on August 17, 2014 and applies to any “system of surface waters and groundwaters constituting by virtue of their physical relationship a unitary whole and normally flowing into a common terminus…parts of which are situated in different states.” However, it leaves out of its scope most transboundary aquifers, namely those that do not have a hydrological connection to an international watercourse and do not flow to a common terminus. Yet, it is worth noting that in 1992, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) included all groundwaters in the scope of their Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Rivers and Lakes. The UNECE Water Convention will be open to global accession by all UN Members States by close of 2014 and presents a complementary legal instrument to the UN Watercourse Convention. In the time immediately following the adoption of the UN Watercourses Convention, there was no global treaty whose scope includes all types of transboundary aquifers. In 2003, the UN ILC, taking into account the previous developments of international water law, began working on the Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers (Draft Articles) and adopted them in 2008. The Draft Articles were then transmitted to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and in that same year, the UNGA adopted Resolution A/RES/63/124 on the law of transboundary aquifers. The full text of the Draft Articles was included in the Resolution’s annex. The Resolution “[e]ncourages the States concerned to make appropriate bilateral or regional arrangements for the proper management of their transboundary aquifers, taking into account the provisions of these draft articles.” The Resolution of the UNGA is a non-binding text. However, it has moral authority. With this Resolution, states can refer to the Draft Articles in the development of cooperative mechanisms for their transboundary aquifers, as in the case of the Guarani aquifer agreement. Since the adoption of the Resolution, the Draft Articles have undergone two additional rounds of review by the UNGA, with the goal of determining their final form. In 2013, the UNGA adopted a third Resolution (A/RES/68/118) on the “Law of Transboundary Aquifers.” The Resolution again annexes the Draft Articles and “commends to the attention of Governments the draft articles on the law of transboundary aquifers… as guidance for bilateral or regional agreements and arrangements for the proper management of transboundary aquifers.” It also encourages UNESCO’s IHP to continue its contribution by offering further scientific and technical assistance to the States concerned. The topic will be discussed again at the UNGA in 2016.

International law applicable to transboundary aquifers is developing rapidly. With 2014 marking the entry into force of the UN Watercourses Convention, the opening UNECE Water Convention for global accession and with the continued evaluation of the Draft Articles by the UNGA in 2016, there will undoubtedly be advancements within the next few years. These agreements, along with

regional agreements and supranational legislation dealing with groundwater, such as the EU Water Framework Directive (2000) and Groundwater Directive (2006) as well as the Revised SADC Protocol on Shared Watercourses (2000), serve to move legal aspects of groundwater governance forward, in particular governance of transboundary aquifers.

MAP COMPILATION AND LABELLING The map presented, encapsulates information provided by various organisations and projects dealing with transboundary aquifer assessments and/or management at regional and continental scales. IGRAC compiled this map based on information from peer reviewed literature, ISARM studies and information provided by national experts (specific information sources are given in the table below). It is an update of the 2012 ‘Transboundary Aquifers of the World Map’ (IGRAC 2012). The guiding principle in compiling the 2014 map was to stay as close to the information provided by the individual sources as possible, while presenting the information in a form which is appropriate for the chosen scale of the map (1:50,000,000). In a few cases where aquifers coming from different sources were overlapping or not corresponding, delineations with the highest level of certainty were chosen. For countries in the EU, Switzerland and Norway, the global TBA map also displays transboundary Groundwater Bodies (GWB) as adopted by the EU WFD. Within this framework, EU Member States are obliged to delineate groundwater bodies with the goal of achieving ‘good quantitative and qualitative status’ by 2015. Groundwater bodies can be either domestic or transboundary, but they are not necessarily hydrologic units, but rather management units. In many cases, aquifers are subdivided into groundwater bodies while occasionally groundwater bodies may contain multiple aquifers. Since the content of this map is based on most recent inventories from around the world, TBAs located within the EU, Switzerland and Norway, which were included in earlier versions of this map, have now been replaced by transboundary GWBs. Non-EU and EU countries continue to share TBAs, like in earlier versions of the map. Mapping of TBAs and transboundary GWBs is a specific step towards transboundary governance of environmental resources that occurs within a broader, sometimes political, process between countries. The map contains a number of TBAs that may not formally be recognised by all countries. The map also contains approximate delineations for TBAs with very limited hydrogeological information. Solid red borders indicate that the aquifers’ delineation is known and confirmed by all sharing countries. If boundaries are only approximate or are unconfirmed this is indicated by dashed red lines. For some TBAs, virtually no information is available for delineation. In these cases, the TBAs are represented by circular or elliptical shape. The size and position of the shape gives a rough indication of size and position of the TBA. Small TBAs and GWBs (smaller than 6,000 km2) are represented by red squares and blue circles. Small TBAs with unknown extent are represented by red crosses. Various TBAs and GWBs are identified as overlapping or overlaying. For larger TBAs and transboundary GWBs, orange areas represent overlapping TBAs, while overlaps between TBAs and GWBs are highlighted in green. For smaller overlapping TBAs and GWBs (represented by green triangles), this differentiation has not been made.

TBAs and transboundary GWBs are uniquely coded. Due to space limitations, small TBAs and GWBs located within the extent of the enlarged European map are not labelled. At present, there is no internationally adopted or consistent system of labelling transboundary aquifers. New labels were adopted specifically for this map. For the aquifers of the Americas, coding is the same as used by the Organization of American States (OAS). For the other regions, a code was created comprising of two letters to identify the continent or region and a number to identify the individual aquifer. For reference purposes, coding of TBAs and GWBs already included in previous versions of the TBA map were maintained as much as possible, but some exceptions were made. There are instances where an existing TBA is split into two or more new TBAs, and there are cases where multiple TBAs have been merged. In those instances the old aquifer code was deleted from the list and the newly delineated TBAs were added to the bottom of the list, resulting in ‘missing aquifer codes.’ Newly identified aquifers have also been added to the list sequentially by region. The Transboundary Aquifers of the World table also contains a grid code column indicating the grid cell(s) of the Global and European cut out map in which each TBA or GWB is located. For more information on individual TBAs and GWBs please visit http://tbamap.un-igrac.org. Given that knowledge on TBAs is still limited, individuals and organisations (national and international, governmental and non-governmental) are invited to provide comments and suggestions to further improve the Map of Transboundary Aquifers of the World.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to thank the many organizations and experts that provided the data made available on this map as well as Raya Stephan for her contributions to the section on ‘The Role of International Law and Agreements.’

DISCLAIMER Any designation employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IGRAC, UNESCO, WMO or the Government of the Netherlands concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, nor of its authorities and sovereignty on its territory and natural resources, and delineation of its frontiers or boundaries. Furthermore, the location and boundaries of several transboundary aquifers have not yet been confirmed by representatives of all countries involved. In such cases, an effort was made to indicate on the map the corresponding provisional status.

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EU162 Ballinamore - Swanlinbar Ireland 172 Fe2b

EU163 Crilly Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU164 Castlederg Ireland 646 Fe2b

EU165 Newtown-Ballyconnell Ireland 439 Fe2b

EU166 Slieve Rushen South Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU167 Slieve Rushen Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU168 Derrylin Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU169 Foyle Gravels Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU170 River Foyle Ireland 135 Fe2ab

EU171 Crom Castle Ireland 140 Fe2b

EU172 Donagh Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU173 Magheraveely Ireland 220 Fe2b

EU174 Cooneen Water Ireland 249 Fe2b

EU175 Clones Ireland 206 Fe2b

EU176 Knockatallon Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU177 Monaghan Town Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU178 Aughnacloy Ireland 1,126 Fe2b

EU179 Keady Ireland 480 Fe2b

EU180 23 Poland 2,939 Ge2b

EU181 Pietryciu Lietuvos kvartero pozeminio Lithuania 29,842 ef2ab

EU182 Louth Ireland 1,980 Fe2b

EU183 1 Poland <100 Gc2b

EU184 3 Poland 936 Gc2b

EU185 67 Poland 1,234 Gcd2b

EU186 88 Poland 804 Gcd2b

EU187 90 Poland 4,070 Gcd2b

EU188 Craie de la vallée de la Deûle France 1,911 Ga2b

EU189 Calcaire Carbonifère de Roubaix-Tourcoing France 866 Ga2b

EU190 Sables du Landénien d'Orchies France 1,048 Ga2b

EU191 Craie du Valenciennois France 964 Ga2b

EU192 89 Poland 191 Gcd2b

EU193 110 Poland 1,426 Gd2b

EU194 128 Poland 1,198 Gd2bc

EU195 Lias supérieur Luxembourg <100 Gb2c

EU196 Lias moyen Luxembourg 198 Gb2c

EU197 Dévonien Luxembourg 1,193 Gb2bc

EU198 Lias inférieur Luxembourg 1,137 Gb2c

EU199 Trias Luxembourg 1,163 Gb2c

EU200 140 Poland 1,056 Gd2bc

EU201 145 Poland <100 Gd2c

EU202 161 Poland 515 Gd2c

EU203 156 Poland 281 Gde2c

EU204 155 Poland 1,132 Gde2c

EU205 154 Poland 2,856 Gde2c

EU206 Medzizrnové podzemné vody kvartérnych náplavov centrálnej časti Podunajskej panvy

Slovakia 2,350 Gd2c

EU207 Ipoly-völgy Hungary 206 Gd2c

EU208 Börzsöny, Cserhát - Ipoly-vízgyűjtő Hungary 2,117 Gd2c

EU209 Hevesi-dombság - Tarna-vízgyűjtő Hungary 685 Gde2c

EU210 Északi-középhegység medencéi Hungary 3,530 Gde2c

EU211 Dominantné krasovo - puklinové podzemné vody Slovenského krasu

Slovakia 843 Ge2c

EU212 Bükk, Borsodi-dombság - Sajó-, Hernád-vízgyűjtő Hungary 2,760 Ge2c

EU213 Aggteleki-hegység Hungary 697 Ge2c

EU214 Sajó-Hernád-völgy Hungary 1,373 Ge2c

EU215 Cserehát Hungary 1,153 Ge2c

EU216 Cserehát - Hernád-vízgyűjtő Hungary 712 Ge2c

EU217 Zempléni-hegység - Hernád-vízgyűjtő Hungary 920 Ge2c

EU218 Zempléni-hegység - Bodrog-vízgyűjtő Hungary 869 Ge2c

EU219 Sárospataki termálkarszt Hungary 217 Ge2c

EU220 Bodrogköz Hungary 1,059 Ge2c

EU221 Rétköz Hungary 939 Ge2c

EU222 Medzizrnové podzemné vody kvartérnych náplavov Slovakia 2,071 Ge2c

EU223 Beregi-sík Hungary 1,030 Ge2c

EU224 Calcaires jurassique sup. sous couverture Belfort France <100 Gb2c

EU225 Raabtal [LRR] Austria 160 Gd2c

EU226 TGWK Steirisches u. Pannonisches Becken [LRR] Austria 4,003 Gd2c

EU227 Wulkatal [LRR] Austria 543 Gd2c

EU228 Rabnitztal [LRR] Austria <100 Gd2c

EU229 Ikvatal [LRR] Austria 232 Gd2c

EU230 Soproni-hegység, Fertő-vidék Hungary 303 Gd2c

EU231 Rába-Gyöngyös-vízgyűjtő Hungary 2,311 Gd2c

EU232 Seewinkel [LRR] Austria 624 Gd2c

EU233 Parndorfer Platte [LRR] Austria 358 Gd2c

EU234 Ikva-vízgyűjtő, Répce felső vízgyűjtője Hungary 2,343 Gd2c

EU235 Északnyugat-Dunántúl Hungary 10,162 Gd2c

EU236 Rábca-völgy déli része Hungary 1,367 Gd2c

EU237 Szigetköz Hungary 661 Gd2c

EU238 Hanság, Rábca-völgy északi része Hungary 958 Gd2c

EU239 Medzizrnové podzemné vody kvartérnych náplavov západnej časti Podunajskej panvy

Slovakia 727 Gd2c

EU240 Dunántúli-középhegység északi peremvidéke Hungary 2,513 Gd2c

EU241 Észak-dunántúli termálkarszt Hungary 780 Gd2c

EU242 Dunántúli-középhegység északi peremvidéke h ordalékterasz

Hungary 719 Gd2c

EU243 Dunántúli-középhegység - Tatai- és Fényes-források vízgyűjtője

Hungary 2,891 Gd2c

EU244 Komárňanská okrajová kryha Slovakia 439 Gd2c

EU245 Komárňanská vysoká kryha Slovakia 349 Gd2c

EU246 Dunántúli-középhegység - Esztergomi-források vízgyűjtője

Hungary 883 Gd2c

EU247 Dunántúli-középhegység - Duna-vízgyűjtő Által-ér-torkolat - Visegrád

Hungary 889 Gd2c

EU248 Visegrád-Veresegyháza termálkarszt Hungary 1,742 Gd2c

EU249 Cserhát, Karancs, Medves - Zagyva-vízgyűjtő Hungary 1,213 Gde2c

EU250 Hortobágy, Nagykunság, Bihar északi rész Hungary 4,412 Ge2c

EU251 Nyírség déli rész, Hajdúság Hungary 2,377 Ge2c

EU252 Északkelet-Alföld Hungary 12,463 Ge2c

EU253 Nyírség keleti perem Hungary 854 Ge2c

EU254 Kraszna-völgy, Szamos-völgy Hungary 763 Ge2c

EU255 Szatmári-sík Hungary 692 Ge2c

EU256 Formations fluvio-glaciaires du Pays de Gex France 293 Gb2c

EU257 Domaine sédimentaire du genevois France 804 Gb2c

EU258 Karavanke Slovenia 560 Gc2c

EU259 Mura-vidék Hungary 2,705 Gd2c

EU260 Zala-vízgyűjtő Hungary 2,123 Gd2c

EU261 Dráva-völgy Barcs felett Hungary 310 Gd2c

EU262 Délnyugat-Dunántúl Hungary 18,880 Gd2c

EU263 Közép-dunántúli termálkarszt Hungary 6,437 Gd2c

EU264 Karasica-vízgyűjtő Hungary 1,521 Gd2c

EU265 Szekszárd-Bátai- és Kölkedi-öblözet Hungary 751 Gd2c

EU266 Dél-Baranya, Bácska termálkarszt Hungary 2,867 Gd2c

EU267 Duna-Tisza köze - Duna-völgy déli rész Hungary 2,213 Gd2c

EU268 Duna-Tisza közi hátság - Duna-vízgyűjtő déli rész Hungary 1,994 Gd2c

EU269 Nyugat-Alföld Hungary 14,920 Gde2c

EU270 Kígyós-vízgyűjtő Hungary 1,346 Gd2c

EU271 Duna-Tisza közi hátság - Tisza-vízgyűjtő déli rész Hungary 2,315 Gd2c

EU272 Alsó-Tisza-völgy Hungary 1,973 Gde2c

EU273 Dél-Alföld Hungary 10,527 Gde2c

EU274 Körös-Maros köze Hungary 5,199 Ge2c

EU275 Maros-hordalékkúp Hungary 1,727 Ge2c

EU276 Délkelet-Alföld Hungary 11,740 Ge2c

EU277 Körös-vidék, Sárrét Hungary 5,803 Ge2c

EU278 Dráva-völgy Barcs alatt Hungary 1,034 Gd2c

EU279 Harkány és környezete termálkarszt Hungary 712 Gd2c

EU280 Alloctono della Colata della Val marecchia (Carpegna) Italy 218 Gc2d

EUROPEAN CUTOUT MAP

Label Aquifer name Sharing countries Area [km2] Grid

EU131 Permo-virsutinio devono Ventos Lithuania 9,580 Ge2a

EU132 A Latvia 10,614 Ge2a

EU133 Permo-virsutinio devono Lielupes Lithuania 1,626 Ge2a

EU134 Joniskio Lithuania 778 Ge2a

EU135 D4 Latvia 15,641 ef2a

EU136 Birzu-Pasvalio Lithuania 1,617 Ge2a

EU137 P Latvia 6,850 ef2a

EU138 Lough Swilly Ireland 1,352 Fe2ab

EU139 West Derry Ireland <100 Fe2ab

EU140 Virsutines-apatines kreidos pozeminio Lithuania 12,674 Ge2ab

EU141 Virsutinio devono Stipinu Lielupes Lithuania 2,865 Ge2a

EU142 Virsutinio-vidurinio devono Dauguvos Lithuania 1,143 Gf2a

EU143 Pietryciu Lietuvos kvartero Dauguvos Lithuania 1,698 Gf2a

EU144 Donegal South Ireland 792 Fe2b

EU145 Tullaghan-Lough Melvin Ireland 109 Fe2b

EU146 Rossinver Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU147 Bundoran Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU148 Ballyshannon South Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU149 Lough Allen Uplands Ireland 460 Fe2b

EU150 Kiltyclogher Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU151 Kilcoo Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU152 Castlecaldwell Forest Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU153 Ballyshannon East Ireland 214 Fe2b

EU154 Glenade Dowra Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU155 Ballintempo Ireland 180 Fe2b

EU156 Shannon Pot Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU157 Ballybofey Ireland 717 Fe2b

EU158 Anierin-Cuilcagh East Ireland 132 Fe2b

EU159 Marble Arch Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU160 Pettigo Ireland <100 Fe2b

EU161 Claddagh-Swanlibar Ireland <100 Fe2b

EB59 Mourgana Mountain/ Mali Gjere aquifer Albania, Greece 478 Ge2d

EB60 Systema Pogonianis Greece 521 Ge2de

EB61 Nemechka/Vjosa-Pogoni aquifer Albania, Greece 1,824 Gde2de

EB62 Pelagonia- Florina/Bitolsko aquifer Greece, Macedonia 1,169 Ge2d

EB63 Systima Axiou Greece, Macedonia 3,421 Ge2d

EB67 Sandansky-Petrich aquifer Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia 1,355 Ge2d

EB68 Sandansky valley aquifer Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia 1,355 Ge2d

EB69 Petrich valley aquifer Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia 1,355 Ge2d

EB70 FYROM-Central Serbia Macedonia, Serbia 1,989 Ge2d

EB71 FYROM-SW Serbia Macedonia, Serbia 2,848 Ge2d

EB72 Zemen Bulgaria, Serbia 1,013 Ge2d

EB73 Stara Planina/ Salasha Montana aquifer Bulgaria, Serbia 5,780 Ge2d

EB75 Miroc & Golubac Romania, Serbia 737 Ge2d

EB76 Dacian basin Romania, Serbia 2,203 Ge2d

EB77 Agkistro System Greece 142 Ge2d

EB82 Evros/Meric Greece, Turkey 2,388 Gf2d

EB85 Topolovgrad Massif aquifer Bulgaria, Turkey 1,264 Gf2d

EB86 Malko Tarnovo kasrt waterbearing massif Bulgaria, Turkey 907 Gf2d

EB89 Danube-Prut Moldova , Romania, Ukraine 15,494 Gf2cd

EB90 Middle Sarmantian Pontian aquifer Moldova, Romania, Ukraine 24,832 Gf2c

EB91 Prut Moldova, Romania 4,948 Gf2c

EB92 Piva Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro

393 Gd2d

EB93 Cijevna Albania, Montenegro 785 Gd2d

EB94 Valea lui Mihai (Campia de Vest) Romania 3,212 Ge2c

EB95 Campia Carei Romania 919 Ge2c

EB96 Conul Somesului Romania 2,162 Ge2c

EB97 Conul Muresului (Pleistocen superior-Holocen Romania 3,070 Ge2c

EB98 Conul aluvial al Muresului (Pleistocen inferior-mediu) Romania 2,329 Ge2c

EB99 Crisuri (Campia de Vest) Romania 5,964 Ge2c

EB100 Oradea (Campia de Vest) Romania 9,327 Ge2c

EB101 Lovrin-Vinga Romania 2,031 Ge2c

EB102 Timisoara Romania 3,453 Ge2c

EB103 Banat Romania 15,690 Ge2cd

EB104 Gataia Romania 1,344 Ge2c

EB105 Jam Romania 416 Ge2cd

EB106 Platforma Valaha Romania 15,397 Gf2d

EB107 Карстови води в Малм-Валанжския басейн Bulgaria 17,695 Gf2d

EB108 Карстово-порови води в Неоген - Сармат - Добруджа Bulgaria 4,493 Gf2d

EB109 Cobadin-Mangalia Romania 2,958 Gf2d

EB110 BG3G0000T12034 Bulgaria 423 Gf2d

EB111 Systima Doiranis Greece 134 Ge2d

EB112 BG3G000000N011 Bulgaria 758 Gf2d

EB113 Orestiadas System Greece 931 Gf2d

EB114 Systima Axiou Greece 1,747 Ge2d

EB115 Podisul Central Moldovenesc Romania 17,423 Gf2c

EB116 Systima Mourgianas Greece <100 Ge2e

EB117 Systima Florinas Greece 258 Ge2d

EU6 East Inishowen Ireland 754 Fe2a

EU11 Domaine plissé Pyrénées axiales et alluvions IVaires France 634 Ga2d

EU12 Sables du Landénien des Flandres France 3,830 Ga2b

EU15 Grondwater in diepe zandlagen Netherlands 2,155 Ga2b

EU16 Calcaires de l'Avesnois France 964 Ga2bc

EU20 Calcaires et marnes jurassiques chaîne du Jura et Bugey France 5,119 Gb2c

EU22 Calcaires jurassiques chaîne du Jura - BV Doubs et Loue France 6,477 Gb2c

EU23 Calcaires jurassiques sous couverture du Pays de Gex France 1,584 Gb2c

EU24 Formations fluvio-glaciaires nappe profonde Genevois France <100 Gb2c

EU25 Calcaires jurassiques BV de la Jougnena et Orbe France <100 Gb2c

EU27 Domaine plissé BV Cenise et Pô France 227 Gb2cd

EU29 Domaine plissé BV Roya, Bévéra France 828 Gb2d

EU35 TGWK Thermalgrundwasser [DUJ] Austria 2,294 Gc2c

EU36 Fleons-Cimon Italy 140 Gc2c

EU40 Prealpi giulie settentrionali Italy 323 Gc2c

EU41 Catena paleocarnica orientale - Val Canale Italy 176 Gc2c

EU42 Cividalese Italy 617 Gc2c

EU46 Alta pianura isontina Italy 232 Gc2c

EU48 Predil-Mangart Italy 139 Gc2c

EU50 Carso classico (isontino e triestino) Italy 287 Gc2c

EU55 Karawanken [DRA] Austria 301 Gc2c

EU62 Hügelland Raab West [LRR] Austria 1,888 Gd2c

EU63 Lafnitztal [LRR] Austria 134 Gd2c

EU64 Stremtal [LRR] Austria <100 Gd2c

EU65 Hügelland Raab Ost [LRR] Austria 1,509 Gd2c

EU66 Pinkatal [LRR] Austria 112 Gd2c

EU68 Günser Gebirge Umland [LRR] Austria 230 Gd2c

EU69 Günstal [LRR] Austria <100 Gd2c

EU70 TGWK Rabnitzeinzugsgebiet [LRR] Austria 2,450 Gd2c

EU71 Hügelland Rabnitz [LRR] Austria 699 Gd2c

EU72 Heideboden [DUJ] Austria 159 Gd2c

EU73 Goricko aquifer ; Mura – Zala basin / Radgona – Vaš Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia 3,331 Gd2c

EU84 Suceava Romania 5,522 Gf2c

EU85 Dniester Moldova, Ukraine 27,430 GfHa2c

EU86 Pripyat Belarus, Ukraine 44,309 GefHa2b

EU87 Paleogene-Neogene terringenous aquifer Belarus, Ukraine 179 Ha2b

EU88 Cenomanian terringeous aquifer Belarus, Ukraine 44,309 GefHa2b

EU89 Upper Proterozoic terringenous aquifer Belarus, Ukraine 44,309 GefHa2b

EU90 Bug aquifer Belarus, Poland, Ukraine 17,009 Ge2b

EU91 Alluvial Quaternary aquifer Belarus, Poland 17,009 Ge2b

EU92 Paleogene-Neogene aquifer Belarus, Poland 17,009 Ge2b

EU93 Oxfordian-Cenomanian aquifer Belarus, Poland 17,009 Ge2b

EU94 Cenomanian carbonate-terrigenous aquifer Belarus, Ukraine 179 Ha2b

EU95 Aquifers in Quaternary deposits Belarus, Lithuania 24,137 Ge2ab

EU96 Oxfordian-Cenomanian carbonate-terrigenous aquifer Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Russia 24,137 Ge2ab

EU97 Mazursko-Podlashi region aquifer Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Russia 24,137 Ge2ab

EU98 Upper Cretaceous aquifer Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Russia 24,137 Ge2ab

EU99 Daugava Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia 62,872 GefHa2a

EU102 Virsutinio-vidurinio devono Lielupes Lithuania 6,769 Gef2a

EU103 D10 Latvia 13,147 Gf2a

EU104 D8 Latvia 12,242 Gf2a

EU105 D6 Latvia 11,491 Gef2a

EU106 D5 Latvia 7,375 Gef2a

EU110 D9 Latvia 5,309 Gf2a

EU112 Upper Devonian terrigenous-carbonate aquifer Belarus, Russia 463 Ha2b

EU115 F3 Latvia 5,367 Ge2a

EU116 F2 Latvia 4,564 Ge2a

EU117 F1 Latvia 4,532 Ge2a

EUROPEAN CUTOUT MAP

Label Aquifer name Sharing countries Area [km2] Grid

EB1 Secovlje-Dragonja/Istra aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 333 Gc2c

EB2 Mirna/Istra aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 1,293 Gc2c

EB3 Mirna aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 1,293 Gc2c

EB4 Obmocje izvira Rižane aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 1,293 Gc2c

EB5 Opatija/Istra aquifer aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 761 Gc2c

EB6 Notranjska Reka aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 761 Gc2c

EB8 Rijecina – Zvir aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 1,288 Gc2c

EB9 Novokracine aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 1,288 Gc2c

EB10 Cerknica/ Kupa Aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 2,884 Gcd2c

EB11 Kocevje Goteniška gora Aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 2,884 Gcd2c

EB12 Radovica-Metlika/Zumberak Aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 2,884 Gcd2c

EB13 Ormoz-Sredisce ob Drava/Drava-Varazdin aquifer Croatia, Slovenia <100 Gd2c

EB14 Bregana aquifer Croatia, Slovenia <100 Gd2c

EB15 Bregana-Obrezje/Sava-Samobor Zumberak Aquifer Croatia, Slovenia <100 Gd2c

EB16 Bizeljsko/ Sutla aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 596 Gd2c

EB17 Boc Aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 596 Gd2c

EB18 Rogaška Aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 596 Gd2c

EB19 Atomske toplice Aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 596 Gd2c

EB20 Bohor Aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 596 Gd2c

EB21 Orlica Aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 596 Gd2c

EB22 Dolinsko-Ravensko/ Mura aquifer Croatia, Slovenia 240 Gd2c

EB23 Kupa aquifer Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia 2,012 Gd2cd

EB24 Una Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia 2,424 Gd2d

EB25 Krka Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia 911 Gd2d

EB26 Cetina Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia 4,695 Gd2d

EB27 Neretva Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia 1,251 Gd2d

EB28 Trebišnjica Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia 2,258 Gd2d

EB29 Dinaric Littoral (West Coast aquifer) Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro

445 Gd2d

EB30 Bilecko Lake Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro

2,227 Gd2d

EB31 Posavina I/Sava aquifer Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia 396 Gd2cd

EB32 Srem-West Srem/Sava aquifer Croatia, Serbia 2,170 Gd2c

EB33 South Western Backa/Dunav aquifer Croatia, Serbia 592 Gd2c

EB34 Mura aquifer Croatia, Hungary 236 Gd2c

EB35 Drava/ Drava West aquifer Croatia, Hungary 218 Gd2c

EB36 Baranja/Drava East Croatia, Hungary 211 Gd2c

EB38 Northeast Backa/Danube-Tisza Interfluve aquifer Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia 17,610 Gde2c

EB44 Skadar/Shkoder Lake, Dinaric east coast aquifer Albania, Montenegro 1,799 Gd2d

EB45 North and South Banat or North and Mid Banat aquifer Hungary, Romania, Serbia 21,693 Ge2cd

EB48 Macva-Semberija aquifer Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia 1,335 Gd2d

EB49 Tara Massif Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia 1,686 Gd2d

EB50 Lim aquifer Montenegro, Serbia 1,156 Gd2d

EB51 Pester aquifer Montenegro, Serbia 1,090 Gde2d

EB52 Metohija aquifer Montenegro, Serbia 200 Ge2d

EB53 Beli Drim/Drini Bardhe aquifer Albania, Serbia 3,982 Ge2d

EB54 Tetovo-Gostivar Macedonia, Serbia 565 Ge2d

EB55 Korab/Bistra – Stogovo aquifer Albania, Macedonia 403 Ge2d

EB56 Jablanica/Golobordo aquifer Albania, Macedonia 900 Ge2d

EB57 Prespa and Ohrid Lake aquifer Albania, Greece, Macedonia 2,519 Ge2d

EB58 Systima triklariou kastorias Greece 376 Ge2d

AS50 Kokaral Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 892 I2

AS51 Dalverzin aquifer Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 2,063 I2

AS52 Ahangaran Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 1,312 I2

AS53 Sulyukta-Batken-Nau-Isfara aquifer Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 3,904 I2

AS54 South Talas aquifer Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan 1,179 I2

AS55 North Talas aquifer Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan 1,067 I2

AS56 Chust-Pap aquifer Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 589 I2

AS57 Shorsu aquifer Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 344 I2

AS58 Sokh aquifer Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan 2,389 I2

AS59 Syr-Darya 2 Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 1,601 I2

AS60 Almos-Vorzik aquifer Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan 635 I2

AS61 Kasansay aquifer Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan 136 I2

AS62 Nanay Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan <100 I2

AS63 Iskovat-Pishkaran aquifer Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan 583 I2

AS64 Naryn aquifer Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan 1,885 I2

AS65 Yarmazar Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan 407 I2

AS66 Chimion-Aval Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan 690 I2

AS67 Maylusu aquifer Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan 505 I2

AS68 Karaungur Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan 167 I2

AS69 Osh-Aravan aquifer Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan 1,704 I2

AS70 Vakhsh Aquifer Afghanistan, Tajikistan 154 I2

AS71 Chu Basin Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan 24,234 I2

AS72 Ili River Valley China, Kazakhstan 61,022 I2

AS73 Tekes Aquifer China, Kazakhstan 2,530 I2

AS74 Tacheng Basin China, Kazakhstan 31,054 I2

AS75 Preirtysh aquifer Kazakhstan, Russia 143,394 I2

AS76 Ertix River Plain China, Kazakhstan 42,411 IJ2

AS77 Yenisei Upstream Mongolia, Russia 190,456 J2

AS78 India River Plain India, Pakistan 479,422 I23

AS79 Southern of Himalayas India, Nepal 373,250 I3

AS80 Ganges River Plain Bangladesh, India 212,638 IJ3

AS81 Nu River Valley Aquifer Burma, China 20,752 J3

AS82 South Burma Myanmar, Thailand 38,362 J3

AS83 Upriver of Zuo River China, Vietnam 59,783 J3

AS86 Yalu River Valley China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea

19,523 K2

AS87 Middle Heilongjiang - Amur River Basin China, Russia 160,526 K2

AS88 New Guinea Island Indonesia, Papua New Guinea 465,276 K4

AS89 Mekong River Delta Cambodia, Vietnam 206,992 J3

AS90 Kele Plateau Laos, Thailand 108,529 J3

AS91 The Mid of Mekong River Laos, Thailand, Vietnam 122,216 J3

AS92 Hong River Basin China, Vietnam 71,279 J3

AS93 Downstream of Lancang River China, Myanmar 46,226 J3

AS94 Bulgan River Basin China, Mongolia 11,818 J2

AS95 Uureg Lake Basin Mongolia, Russia 16,201 J2

AS96 Shishhid River Basin Mongolia, Russia 28,739 J2

AS97 Delger Big River Basin Mongolia, Russia 30,306 J2

AS98 Zelter Basin Mongolia, Russia 7,515 J2

AS99 Tsuh River Basin Mongolia, Russia 4,681 J2

AS100 Minj River Basin Mongolia, Russia 7,800 J2

AS101 Balj River Basin Mongolia, Russia 13,473 J2

AS102 Onon River Basin Mongolia, Russia 5,544 J2

AS103 Ulz River Basin Mongolia, Russia 26,333 J2

AS104 Ercguna River China, Russia 7,051 J2

AS105 Zeya River Basin China, Russia 111,372 K2

AS106 Herlen River Basin China, Mongolia 10,215 J2

AS107 Halh Gol River Basin China, Mongolia 5,051 J2

AS108 Numrug River Basin China, Mongolia 8,625 J2

AS109 Zamiin-Uud Basin China, Mongolia 15,898 J2

AS110 Onch Khairkhani Sair China, Mongolia 17,208 J2

AS111 Dankhan Khudgiln Sair China, Mongolia 17,030 J2

AS113 Kabul River Aquifer Afghanistan, Pakistan 7,858 I2

AS114 Yalu River Basin China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea

27,164 K2

AS115 Middle of Korea Peninsula Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea

16,450 K2

AS116 Southern of Himalaya Mountains Bhutan, India 35,570 IJ3

AS117 Mid of Brahmaputra River China, India 43,208 J3

AS118 The Up of Mekong River Laos, Myanmar, Thailand 36,769 J3

AS119 Karst Aquifer of Upper Zuojiang Valley China, Vietnam 22,380 J3

AS120 Beilun River Basin China, Vietnam 4,327 J3

AS121 Northern Kalimantan Brunei, Malaysa 6,929 J3

AS122 Kura River Valley Aquifer Azerbaijan, Georgia 6,382 H2

AS123 Taurus-Zagros Iran, Iraq, Turkey 263,647 H2

AS124 Jezira Tertiary Limestone Aquifer System Syria, Turkey 167,889 H2

AS125 Neogene Aquifer System (North-West): Upper and Lower Fars

Iraq, Syria, Turkey 199,937 H2

AS126 Saq-Ram Aquifer System (West) Jordan, Saudi Arabia 184,643 H23

AS127 Wasia-Biyadh-Aruma Aquifer System (North): Sakaka-Rutba

Iraq, Saudi Arabia 103,778 H23

AS128 Neogene Aquifer System (South-East): Dibdibba-Kuwait Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia 179,899 H23

AS129 Tawil Quaternary Aquifer System: Wadi Sirhan Basin Jordan, Saudi Arabia 56,118 H23

AS130 Umm er Radhuma-Dammam Aquifer System (North): Widyan-Salman

Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia 298,642 H23

AS131 Wajid Aquifer System Saudi Arabia, Yemen 438,274 H3

AS132 Sarakhs Afghanistan, Iran 878 I2

AS133 Agh Darband Afghanistan, Iran 170 I2

AS134 Janat Abad-Saleh Abad Afghanistan, Iran 396 I2

AS135 Fariman-Torbatjam Afghanistan, Iran 2,802 HI2

AS136 Taybad Afghanistan, Iran 1,159 I2

AS137 Karet Afghanistan, Iran 411 I2

AS138 Tes River Basin Mongolia, Russia 10,802 J2

AS139 Wasia-Biyadh-Aruma Aquifer System (South): Tawila-Mahra/Cretaceous Sands

Saudi Arabia, Yemen 180,089 H3

AS140 Umm er Radhuma-Dammam Aquifer System (Centre): Gulf

Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

347,109 H3

AS141 Umm er Radhuma-Dammam Aquifer System (South): Rub' al Khali

Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

775,218 H3

AS142 Basalt Aquifer System (West): Yarmouk Basin Jordan, Syria 8,573 H2

AS143 Basalt Aquifer System (South): Azraq-Dhuleil Basin Jordan, Syria 10,515 H2

AS144 Selepta-Batkin-Nai-Icfor Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan 891 I2

AS145 Tuoshigan River Basin China, Kyrgyzstan 3,000 I2

AS146 Tsagaan Khudgiin Sair China, Mongolia 2,319 J2

AS147 Hiagt River Basin Mongolia, Russia 1,168 J2

AS148 Dayshigiin Khudgiin Sair China, Mongolia 2,838 J2

AS149 Tumen River Delta China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Russia

2,329 K2

EU123 Kanunkankaat aquifer Finland, Russia 358 H1

EU124 Aquifer Anarjokka Finland, Norway <100 G1

EU125 Karasjok aquifer Finland, Norway 172 G1

EU126 Levajok-Valjok aquifer Finland, Norway <100 G1

EU127 Tana Nord Finland, Norway 419 G1

EU128 Neiden aquifer Finland, Norway <100 G1

EU129 Pasvikeskeren aquifer Norway, Russia 101 G1

EU130 Grense Jakobselv aquifer Norway, Russia <100 H1

EU281 Edifices volcaniques de Saint-Martin France <100 D3

AS41 Amudaryia Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 1,481 I2

AS42 Kofarnihon aquifer Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 404 I2

AS43 Karatag/North-Surhandarya aquifer Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 6,413 I2

AS44 Zeravshan aquifer Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 3,995 I2

AS45 Dustlik Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 1,915 I2

AS46 Havost Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 735 I2

AS47 Pretashkent aquifer Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan 25,356 I2

AS48 Zafarobod aquifer Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 1,191 I2

AS49 Syr-Darya 3 Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 812 I2

AF1 Karoo Sedimentary Aquifer Lesotho, South Africa 165,936 G45

AF2 Coastal Sedimentary Basin V Namibia, South Africa 797 G4

AF3 Coastal Sedimentary Basin VI Mozambique, South Africa 11,700 H4

AF4 Rhyolite-Breccia Aquifer Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland 4,916 H4

AF5 SE Kalahri Karoo Basin Botswana, Namibia, South Africa 85,077 G4

AF6 Khakhea/Bray Dolomite Botswana, South Africa 29,689 G4

AF7 Ramotswa Dolomite Basin Botswana, South Africa 3,144 G4

AF8 Limpopo Basin Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe 19,961 H4

AF9 Tuli Karoo sub-basin Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe 14,330 GH4

AF10 Northern Kalahari / Karoo Basin Botswana, Namibia 144,385 G4

AF11 Save Aluvial Mozambique, Zimbabwe 11,477 H4

AF12 Eastern Kalahari Karoo Basin Botswana, Zimbabwe 39,603 G4

AF13 Cuvelai and Ethosa Basin Angola, Namibia 202,418 G4

AF14 Nata Karoo Sub-basin Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

90,982 G4

AF15 Coastal Sedimentary Basin IV Angola, Namibia 1,352 G4

AF16 Medium Zambesi Aquifer Zambia, Zimbabwe 10,705 GH4

AF17 Shire Valley Alluvial Aquifer Malawi, Mozambique 6,223 H4

AF18 Arangua Alluvial Mozambique, Zambia 21,235 GH4

AF19 Sand and Gravel Aquifer Malawi, Zambia 25,318 H4

AF20 Coastal Sedimentary Basin III Mozambique, Tanzania 23,075 H4

AF21 Karoo Sandstone Aquifer Mozambique, Tanzania 40,007 H4

AF22 Kalahari/Katangian Basin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia

15,653 G4

AF23 Congo intra-Catronic Basin Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo

367,328 G4

AF24 Weathered basement Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia 25,842 H4

AF25 Karoo-Carbonate Central African Republic, Congo, South Sudan

941,127 G34

AF26 Tanganyika Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania

222,297 GH4

AF27 Dolomitic Basin Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

21,316 G4

AF29 Cuvette Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

892,490 G34

AF31 Coastal Sedimentary Basin I Kenya, Tanzania 16,801 H4

AF32 Kilimanjaro Aquifer Kenya, Tanzania 14,579 H4

AF33 Congo, Gabon 23,543 G4

AF34 Congo, Gabon 7,151 G4

AF36 Kagera Aquifer Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda 5,779 H4

AF38 Merti Aquifer Kenya, Somalia 13,623 H3

AF39 Mount Elgon Aquifer Kenya, Uganda 5,398 H3

AF40 Congo, Gabon 19,681 G3

AF41 Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon

84,987 G3

AF42 Rio Del Rey Cameroon, Nigeria 23,935 G3

AF43 Dawa Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia 24,173 H3

AF44 Jubba Ethiopia, Somalia 34,587 H3

AF45 Shabelle Ethiopia, Somalia 30,985 H3

AF46 Sudd Basin Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan 331,661 GH3

AF47 Tano Basin Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana 73,385 F3

AF48 Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo 70,939 FG3

AF49 Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia 47,347 F3

AF50 Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan

155,442 G3

AF51 Cameroon, Nigeria 38,397 G3

AF52 Lake Chad Basin Cameroon, Central African republic, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan

1,425,319 G3

AF53 Baggara Basin Central African Republic, South Sudan, Sudan

239,411 GH3

AF54 Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo 47,814 FG3

AF55 Guinea, Mali, Senegal 185,530 F3

AF56 Irhazer-Illuemeden Basin Algeria, Benin, Mali, Niger, Nigeria 545,403 G3

AF57 Liptako-Gourma Aquifer Burkina Faso, Niger 159,533 FG3

AF58 Senegalo-Mauretanian Basin Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal, Western Sahara

331,443 F3

AF59 African Rift Valley Aquifer Djibouti, Ethiopia 46,856 H3

AF60 Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger 36,491 FG3

AF61 Gedaref Ethiopia, Sudan 38,675 H3

AF62 Disa Chad, Sudan 1,482 G3

AF63 Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System (NSAS) Chad, Egypt, Libya, Sudan 2,607,985 GH23

AF64 Taoudeni Basin Algeria, Mali, Mauritania 936,068 FG3

AF65 Tin Seririne Basin Algeria, Niger 106,549 G3

AF66 l'Air Crystalline Aquifer Algeria, Mali, Niger 28,438 G3

AF67 Mourzouk-Djado basin Algeria, Libya, Niger 292,185 G3

AF68 Tindouf Aquifer Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara

221,019 F3

AF69 Northwest Sahara Aquifer System (NWSAS) Algeria, Libya, Tunisia 1,189,533 FG23

AF70 Errachidia Algeria, Morocco 20,721 F2

AF71 Ncojane basin Botswana, Namibia 10,323 G4

AF72 Rift aquifer Kenya, Tanzania 21,145 H4

AF73 Mareb aquifer Eritrea, Ethiopia 22,786 H3

AF74 Angad Algeria, Morocco 4,677 F2

AF75 Ain Beni Mathar Algeria, Morocco 18,315 F2

AF76 Chott Tigri-Lahouita Algeria, Morocco 3,560 F2

AF77 Figuig Algeria, Morocco 1,546 F2

AF78 Jbel El Hamra Algeria, Morocco 561 F2

AF79 Djaffar Djeffara Libya, Tunisia 16,658 G2

AF80 Triffa Algeria, Morocco 11,530 F2

AF81 Aquifere Cotier Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon

42,816 G4

AF82 Congo, Gabon 18,951 G4

AF83 Aquifere du Rift Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda

33,834 GH34

AF84 Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo

81,394 G3

AF85 Cameroon, Nigeria 39,258 G3

AF86 Cameroon, Nigeria 220,454 G3

AF87 Chad, Niger, Sudan 540,224 G3

AS1 Western Aquifer Basin Egypt, Israel, Palestinian Territory 15,250 H2

AS2 Coastal Aquifer Basin Egypt, Israel, Palestinian Territory 22,645 H23

AS3 Northeastern Aquifer Israel, Palestinian Territory 1,553 H2

AS4 Anti-Lebanon Lebanon, Syria 3,735 H2

12S Puyango-Tumbes-Catamayo-Chira Ecuador, Peru 19,478 D4

13S Amazonas Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

4,056,614 DE34

14S Titicaca Bolivia, Chile, Peru 84,382 D4

15S Pantanal Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay 228,253 E4

16S Agua Dulce Bolivia, Paraguay 53,208 DE4

17S Ollagüe-Pastos Grandes Bolivia, Chile 2,178 D4

18S Concordia-Escritos-Caplina Chile, Peru 2,476 D4

19S Aquidauana-Aquidabán Brazil, Paraguay 31,461 E4

20S Caiua-Bauru-Acaray Brazil, Paraguay 348,631 E4

21S Guaraní Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay 1,436,710 DE45

22S Serra Geral Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay 534,275 E45

23S Litoráneo-Chuy Brazil, Uruguay 52,978 E45

24S Permo-Carbonífero Brazil, Uruguay 60,589 E45

25S Litoral-Cretácico Argentina, Uruguay 42,393 E5

26S Salto-Salto Chico Argentina, Uruguay 39,160 E45

27S Puneños Argentina, Bolivia 10,995 D4

28S Yrendá-Toba-Tarijeño Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay 569,002 DE4

29S El Cóndor-Cañadón del Cóndor Argentina, Chile 26,999 D5

30S Ascotán Bolivia, Chile 1,995 D4

WORLD MAP

Label Aquifer name Sharing countries Area [km2] Grid

1N Abbotsford-Sumas Canada, United States of America 1,071 B2

2N Okanagan-Osoyoos Canada, United States of America 11,965 BC2

3N Grand Forks Canada, United States of America <100 C2

4N Poplar Canada, United States of America 32,855 C2

5N Estevan Canada, United States of America 13,177 C2

6N Northern Great Plains Canada, United States of America 1,077,798 C2

7N Châteauguay Canada, United States of America 3,434 D2

8N San Diego-Tijuana Mexico, United States of America 703 C2

9N Cuenca Baja del Río Colorado Mexico, United States of America 20,455 C2

10N Sonoyta-Pápagos Mexico, United States of America 19,471 C2

11N Nogales Mexico, United States of America 2,085 C2

12N Santa Cruz Mexico, United States of America 11,501 C2

13N San Pedro Mexico, United States of America 12,660 C2

14N Conejos Médanos-Bolsón de la Mesilla Mexico, United States of America 15,865 C2

15N Bolsón del Hueco-Valle de Juárez Mexico, United States of America 8,564 C2

16N Edwards-Trinity-El Burro Mexico, United States of America 129,932 C23

17N Cuenca Baja del Río Bravo-Grande Mexico, United States of America 29,359 C3

18N Los Mimbres-Las Palmas Mexico, United States of America 4,640 C2

19N Judith River Canada, United States of America 196,608 C2

20N Milk River Canada, United States of America 7,748 C2

21N Richelieu/Lake Champlain Canada 894 D2

WORLD MAP

Label Aquifer name Sharing countries Area [km2] Grid

AS8 Psou aquifer Georgia, Russia 194 H2

AS9 RU3 Kazakhstan, Russia 171,667 H2

AS10 Upper Jezira Iraq, Syria, Turkey 13,236 H2

AS11 RU2 Kazakhstan, Russia 176,964 H2

AS12 Leninak-Shiraks aquifer Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey 5,160 H2

AS13 Terek aquifer Georgia, Russia 186 H2

AS15 Debet aquifer Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia 363 H2

AS16 Ktsia-Khrami aquifer Azerbaijan, Georgia <100 H2

AS17 Agstev–Akstafa/Tavush–Tovuz aquifer Armenia, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan 7,133 H2

AS18 Alazan-Agrichay Aquifer Azerbaijan, Georgia 4,301 H2

AS19 Pre-Caspian aquifer Kazakhstan, Russia 198,286 H2

AS20 Sulak Aquifer Georgia, Russia 409 H2

AS21 Nakhichevan/Larijan and Djebrail aquifer Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey

4,524 H2

AS22 Herher, Malishkin and Jermuk aquifers Armenia, Azerbaijan 131 H2

AS23 Vorotan-Akora aquifer Armenia, Azerbaijan 388 H2

AS24 Nakhichevan/Larijan and Djebrail aquifer Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey

3,235 H2

AS25 Iori/Gabirri aquifer Azerbaijan, Russia 180 H2

AS26 Lenkoran/Astara Azerbaijan, Iran 5,661 H2

AS27 Samur aquifer Azerbaijan, Russia 6,357 H2

AS28 Syrt aquifer Kazakhstan, Russia 3,521 H2

AS30 RU4 Kazakhstan, Russia 10,676 H2

AS31 Ural Kazakhstan, Russia 120,545 H12

AS32 South-Pred-Ural aquifer Kazakhstan, Russia 13,751 H2

AS33 West Altai Kazakhstan, Russia 2,624,424 IJ12

AS34 North-Kazakhstan aquifer Kazakhstan, Russia 220,713 I2

AS35 Amu-Darya Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan 143,230 H2

AS36 Chatkal-Kurman Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan 257,350 HI2

AS37 Birata-Urgench Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan 80,150 HI2

AS38 Sarakhs; Agh Darband; Janat Abad-Saleh Abad; Fariman-Torbatjam; Karet; Taybad

Afghanistan, Iran 878 I2

AS40 Sherabad Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan 699 I2

WORLD MAP

Label Aquifer name Sharing countries Area [km2] Grid

1C Soconusco-Suchiate/Coatán Guatemala, Mexico 5,008 C3

2C Chicomuselo-Cuilco/Selegua Guatemala, Mexico 8,819 C3

3C Ocosingo-Usumacinta-Pocóm-Ixcán Guatemala, Mexico 24,393 C3

4C Márquez de Comillas-Chixoy/Xaclbal Guatemala, Mexico 17,806 C3

5C Boca del Cerro-San Pedro Guatemala, Mexico 19,591 CD3

6C Trinitaria-Nentón Guatemala, Mexico 5,582 C3

7C Península de Yucatán-Candelaria-Hondo Belize, Guatemala, Mexico 158,531 CD3

8C Mopán-Belice Belize, Guatemala 5,927 D3

9C Pusila-Moho Belize, Guatemala 736 D3

10C Sarstún Belize, Guatemala 2,176 D3

11C Temash Belize, Guatemala <100 D3

12C Delta del Río Motagua Guatemala, Honduras 14,076 CD3

13C Chiquimula - Copán Ruinas Guatemala, Honduras 2,625 D3

14C Esquipulas-Ocotepeque-Citalá El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras 1,580 D3

15C Ostua-Metapán El Salvador, Guatemala 3,331 CD3

16C Río Paz El Salvador, Guatemala 2,975 CD3

17C Estero Real-Río Negro Honduras, Nicaragua 4,378 D3

18C Sixaola Costa Rica, Panama 550 D3

1CB Masacre Dominican Republic, Haiti 1,390 D3

2CB Artibonito Dominican Republic, Haiti 10,228 D3

3CB Los Lagos Dominican Republic, Haiti 3,479 D3

4CB Pedernales Dominican Republic, Haiti 199 D3

1S Choco-Darién Colombia, Honduras 419 D3

2S Táchira Pamplonita Colombia, Venezuela 2,821 D3

3S La Guajira Colombia, Venezuela 9,890 D3

4S Grupo Roraima Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela 84,272 DE3

5S Boa Vista-Serra do Tucano-North Savanna Brazil, Guyana 23,895 DE3

6S Zanderij French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname 46,140 E3

7S Coesewijne Guyana, Suriname 28,685 E3

8S A-Sand/B-Sand Guyana, Suriname 28,685 E3

9S Costeiro Brazil, French Guiana 38,250 E34

10S Tulcán-Ipiales Colombia, Ecuador 262 D3

11S Zarumilla Ecuador, Peru 1,411 D4

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SUMMARY AND SOURCES OF TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS OF THE WORLD MAP DATA

Region # TBAs Sources Region Codes

Africa 83 UNESCO/BGR (2004) AF

North Africa -- OSS/UNEP/GEF (2008a), OSS/UNEP/GEF (2008b), IAEA/UNDP/GEF (2007), IEMED/CIDOB (2008)

--

West and Central Africa -- UNESCO/ISARM - West and Central Africa (2011), UNESCO/ISARM (2012)

--

East Africa -- UNESCO/ISARM-IGAD (2010, 2011), Altchenko & Vill-holth (2013), Vasak (2008)

--

Southern Africa -- ISARM-SADC (2007), Braune & Xu (2011), SADC (2011), Vasak (2008)

--

Americas 73 UNESCO (2007), UNESCO/ISARM (2010) N, C, CB & S

Asia and Oceania 139 UNECE (2007, 2011),UNESCO/ACSAD (1988), UNESCO/ISARM-Asia (2006), UN-ESCWA & BGR (2013), Zaicheng et al. (2013)

AS

Caucasus -- UNECE (2007, 2011), Zaisheng et al. (2013) --

Europe 313 UNECE (1999, 2007, 2011) EU, EB

Transboundary Aquifers 87 DIKTAS (2013), INWEB (2011) --

Groundwater Bodies 226 EEA (2012) --

World 608 UNESCO & BGR (2006) --


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