BGS Indo-Gangetic Basin Groundwater Maps
British Geological Survey transboundary aquifer maps for the Indo-Gangetic Basin covering groundwater abstraction, water-level trends, salinity, arsenic, and estimated storage at 1km grid resolution. Downloadable in ASCII XYZ and high-resolution PDF formats
www2.bgs.ac.uk
At a glance
- Region
- South Asia
- Coverage
- Indo-Gangetic Basin: India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan at 1km resolution
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research Institute
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- Arsenic Contamination
- Groundwater Levels
- Salinity
- Groundwater Storage
- Transboundary Aquifer Maps
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Trend hotspots
Find where water tables are falling year after year.
Because it has: Groundwater Levels
- 02
Recharge planning
Site recharge structures and new borewells with evidence.
- 03
Storage tracking
Follow storage and releases through the season.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Gap filling
Rebuild missing well readings from neighbours, rainfall and season.
- 02
Level forecasts
Forecast pre- and post-monsoon levels well by well.
- 03
Storage from space
Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.
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