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Map of potential permafrost distribution
The map shows the potential permafrost distribution in Switzerland based on modelling. In Switzerland, above 2400 metres the ground can be permanently frozen, depending on its geographical orientation. This phenomenon is called permafrost. Due to global warming, the altitude of the permafrost line is likely to rise in the coming decades. This may trigger rockfalls, avalanches, landslides and mudslides in the mountains.
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- Alternate title
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Potential permafrost distribution
- Date (Creation)
- 2005-12-31
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2011-12-31T00:00:00
- Identifier
- ch.bafu.permafrost
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
Owner
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Topic category
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- F Geoscientific information
Extent
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- Duration of Conservation
- 100
- Appraisal of Archival Value
- A
- Reason for Archiving Value
- Evidence of business practice
- GEMET
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map chart
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natural risk
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permafrost ecosystem
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- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Natural risk zones
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- geocat.ch
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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- geocat.ch
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Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation
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opendata.swiss
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Resource constraints
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Opendata OPEN: Open use.
- Language
- Deutsch
- Subtopic Category
- F2 Soils
- Distribution format
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Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)
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Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Vorschau map.geo.admin.ch
Preview map.geo.admin.ch
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.permafrost
WMS-FSDI service, layer "Potential permafrost distribution"
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- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.permafrost
WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Potential permafrost distribution"
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Permafrostmonitoring
Link to description
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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STAC Browser
Link for download
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:2056
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 71d087ef-6531-4131-98ea-88ff655d8a63
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Français
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Italiano
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Rumantsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/71d087ef-6531-4131-98ea-88ff655d8a63
- Date info (Creation)
- 2011-03-22T17:52:20Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-04-13T09:16:45.556459Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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eCH-0271
