Groundwater Resources

This dataset provides a continent-wide, raster-based spatial representation of groundwater resources across Africa for the year 2011, modeled under a historical baseline climate scenario. It is designed to support researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in mapping water availability, understanding baseline hydrogeological conditions, and assessing the intersection of natural water resources with climate and energy planning.

This layer was extracted from the Africa Groundwater Atlas of the British Geological Survey (BGS) in collaboration with the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH). The Atlas provides the expert continent-scale evidence base—including aquifer type, productivity, and groundwater status across 51 African countries—that makes robust spatial modeling of this kind possible.

This layer is part of the Geothermal Atlas for Africa developed within the LEAP-RE project