River Typology for Switzerland, Switzerland
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- GeoPackage
- Coverage
- Switzerland
- Projection
- EPSG:2056
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 29 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Irregular
A physiographic typology of Swiss rivers based on abiotic criteria, used to judge ecological condition and guide rehabilitation.
Source and attribution
- Publisher
- Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- Yes
- Modification allowed
- See publisher
- Redistribution allowed
- See publisher
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- EuropeCH
- Type
- Vector
- Time
- 2013-01-01–2013-01-01
- Extent
- 5.9645.8210.4947.81West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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