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Groundwater recharge in Africa from ground based measurements (NERC Grant NE/L002035/1)
This dataset comprises a map of groundwater recharge for Africa and a database of the 134 observations used to generate the map. The map shows long term average annual groundwater recharge in mm per annum relevant to the period 1970 to 2020. It is in the form of a GIS shapefile and is available as a layer package for ESRI and also as a georeferenced TIFF and BIL file for easy exchange with other software. The database contains 134 sites for which ground based observations for groundwater recharg
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Licence: ["The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in an
Evidence quality: 32
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
Evidence
- https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item139265
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/2542c410-e8ea-42c7-a33c-f78713a5a480/groundwater-recharge-in-africa-from-ground-based-measurements-nerc-grant-ne-l002035-1
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