Database of cross sections (CS) - surveyed sections
The map shows the reaches of watercourses which are currently surveyed periodically under the leadership of the FOEN. They are usually surveyed every 10 years or after major floods which cause significant morphological changes. The aims of periodic surveying are to identify morphological trends (erosion, aggradation) at an early stage as well as their effects on the stability of flood protection structures or discharge capacity, to provide long-term time series on channel changes as a basis for quantifying the bed-load regime, and to provide current data for planning and risk assessment. The survey data is managed by the Risk Management section of the Hazard Prevention Division.
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
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Surveyed sections
- Date (Creation)
- 2009-01-01
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-03-03
- Citation identifier
- ch.bafu.wasserbau-vermessungsstrecken
Citation identifier
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Hazard Prevention Division, Federal Office for the Environment
- Voice
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+41 58 464 10 75
Address
- City
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Bern
- Postal code
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3003
- Electronic mail address
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gefahrenpraevention@bafu.adm gefahrenpraevention@bafu.admin.ch
- Protocol
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WWW:LINK
- Role
- Point of contact
- Last Name
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BAFU Gefahrenpraevention
- Organisation Acronym
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FOEN
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GEMET
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environment
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hazard
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geocat.ch
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
-
official geodata
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geocat.ch
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-
opendata.swiss
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natural hazard
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- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
- Topic category
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- I Inland Waters
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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- Basic geodata identifier
-
80.1
- Basic geodata identifier type
- Federal
- Distribution format
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ESRI Shapefile (SHP)
()
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ESRI Personal Geodatabase (MDB)
()
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ESRI Shapefile (SHP)
()
Distributor
- OnLine resource
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Preview map.geo.admin.ch
(
MAP:Preview
)
Preview map.geo.admin.ch
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.wasserbau-vermessungsstrecken
(
OGC:WMS
)
WMS-FSDI service, layer "Surveyed sections"
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.wasserbau-vermessungsstrecken
(
OGC:WMTS
)
WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Surveyed sections"
- OnLine resource
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STAC Browser
(
WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL
)
Link for download
- OnLine resource
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Homepage Flussvermessung
(
WWW:LINK
)
Link to description
- OnLine resource
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RESTful API from geo.admin.ch
(
ESRI:REST
)
RESTful API from geo.admin.ch
Data quality info
- Geometric object type
- Curve
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG: 2056
Metadata
- Metadata language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-01-22T10:50:23.568Z
- Metadata standard name
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GM03_2
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Hazard Prevention Division, Federal Office for the Environment
- Voice
-
+41 58 464 10 75
Address
- City
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Bern
- Postal code
-
3003
- Electronic mail address
-
gefahrenpraevention@bafu.adm gefahrenpraevention@bafu.admin.ch
- Protocol
-
WWW:LINK
- Role
- Point of contact
- Last Name
-
BAFU Gefahrenpraevention
- Organisation Acronym
-
FOEN
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Fachstelle für Gebirgswaldpflege (GWP)
- Position name
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c/o ibW Bildungszentrum Wald
- Voice
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+41 (0)81 403 33 61
Address
- City
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Maienfeld
- Postal code
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7304
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
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Försterschule
- Streetnumber
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2
- Protocol
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WWW:LINK
- Role
- Point of contact
- Organisation Acronym
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FOEN