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Starting with the origin of Switzerland's abundant water resources, the high amount of precipitation in the Alps, the web portal explains relevant hydrological, water management, social and environmental aspects of water.more

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Since a large part of Switzerland’s precipitation falls as snow, the storage of water in snow and glaciers plays an important role in the seasonal distribution of runoff, especially in high-altitude catchments. Hydropower, fisheries and recreation depend on reliable runoff. Water therefore has environmental, cultural and economic functions that may at times conflict with one another.

  • stream river valley water
  • Karstquelle Zeglingen
  • Hydrologisches Jahrbuch der Schweiz 2021
  • «History of Swiss Water Protection since 1800»
  • Lanz K. et al. (2021) Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Wasserwirtschaft der Schweiz Beiträge zur Hydrologie der Schweiz, Nr. 43, Bern
  • Das Rhonetal bei Visp: Der Klimawandel trifft auf Gewässer, denen die Gesellschaft wenig Raum lässt und viel abverlangt.
  • NCCS (2021) Swiss Water Bodies in a Changing Climate
  • Hydrologie an der Universität Zürich: Hydrologinnen und Hydrologen in Aktion – 2

Contact

SCNAT
Swiss Hydrological Commission (CHy)
c/o Sanja Hosi
House of Academies
Laupenstrasse 7
3008 Bern
Switzerland