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| Region: europe Results: 106 |
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 | Surface temperature anomalies between 1998 and 2003 summers (2008-05)
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 | Freight corridors, tunnels and passes (2007-11)
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 | Freight tansport in Europe, total volume per capita (2007-11)
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 | Road transport in Europe, 2003 (2007-11)
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 | Share of internal freight transport type (2007-11)
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 | Share of internal rail freight transport (2007-11)
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 | Share of internal rail freight transport, total freight volume per capita (2007-11)
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 | Daugava river basin (2007-10)
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 | Don river basin (2007-10)
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 | Douro river basin (2007-10)
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 | Elbe river basin (2007-10)
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 | Glama river basin (2007-10)
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 | Guadiana river basin (2007-10)
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 | Jänisjoki river basin (2007-10)
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 | Krka river basin (2007-10)
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 | Kura river basin (2007-10)
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 | Mino river basin (2007-10)
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 | Narva river basin (2007-10)
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 | Neman river basin (2007-10)
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 | Overview map of main transboundary surface waters in western, central and Eastern Europe (2007-10)
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 | Rhone river basin (2007-10)
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 | Struma river basin (2007-10)
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 | Tagus river basin (2007-10)
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 | Vistula river basin (2007-10)
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 | Rosia Montana Planned Mining Facilities (2007-10)
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 | Balkans population density (2007-10)
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 | Alpine glacier annual mass loss (1980-2003) (2007-04)
Average based on 10 alpine glaciers. |
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 | Dams in Europe (2007-04)
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 | Drinking Water Quality (2007-04)
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 | Freshwater bathing quality (2007-04)
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 | Glacier melting: 3D view of the Aletsch region (2007-04)
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 | Groundwater Resources and Abstractions (2007-04)
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 | Lakes in Europe (2007-04)
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 | Nitrate in groundwater bodies (2007-04)
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 | Nitrate vulnerable zones and water pollution hot spots (2007-04)
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 | Number of registered active pesticide ingredients (2007-04)
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 | Percentage of total irrigated land (2007-04)
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 | Pesticides in europe (2007-04)
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 | Precipitation in Europe (2007-04)
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 | Public sewerage treatment in Europe (2007-04)
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 | Ramsar convention wetlands in Europe (2007-04)
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 | Spanish National Hydrological Plan (2007-04)
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 | UNEP European region (2007-04)
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 | UNEP GEO Sub-regions (2007-04)
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 | Water-related diseases in Europe (2007-04)
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 | Watershed selected as case studies (2007-04)
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 | Population exposed to drought events in Europe (2007-04)
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 | Southern Ural nuclear facilities (2007-02)
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 | Desertification vulnerability (2006-11)
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 | European Sea Basins (2006-11)
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 | Regions affected by flood (2006-11)
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 | Renewable water resources and dependancy ratio (2006-11)
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 | Water abstractions in Europe (2006-11)
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 | Water prices in Europe (2006-11)
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 | Water use by sector (2006-11)
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 | EU Oil Maritime Transport and Consumption (2006-03)
The Mediterranean has extensive marine traffic giving access to the Middle East (and the Suez Canal), the Black Sea and Southern
Europe; much of this traffic is oil tankers. The result of such traffic is a high risk of pollution and even ecological disaster, worsened by the fact that it is a near-closed sea. It is estimated that minor to major illegal hydrocarbon releases may occur as many as10 000 times a year in the Baltic Sea The North Sea and the Baltic Sea are subject to regular aerial surveillance. |
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 | Hazardous industrial sites, water pollution and mining "hot spots" (2005-05)
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 | Land use within the Tisza River Basin (2004-11)
Land in the TRB is mainly used for agriculture, forestry, pastures (grassland), nature reserves, as well as urbanized areas (buildings, yards, roads, railroads). |
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 | Map of the Tisza River Basin (2004-11)
The Tisza River Basin (TRB) is located almost exactly in the geographical centre of Europe and crosses the new boundaries of the European Union. The streams and rivers feeding into the Tisza originate in the Carpathian Mountains in the territories of Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine. It flows through the Pannonian flood plain of eastern Hungary and then south into Serbia and Montenegro where it joins the Danube. |
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 | Potential accident risk spots in the Tisza River Basin, with zoom in the Maramures mining region (2004-11)
An updated map of potential accident risk spots in the TRB is shown in the present assessment . It is based on the previous inventories carried out by the ICPDR (2000) and Greenpeace (2001) in the Tisza catchment area, with the updated information provided by competent authorities of the TRB riparian countries. |
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 | Protected areas within the Tisza River Basin (2004-11)
The Tisza riparian countries have a great number of protected areas. Within the most important water-related protected areas for species and habitats in the upper Tisza, there are two Slovakian protected areas: a medium size (<50,000 ha) protected area (karst) in the Slana/Sajo River, partially shared with Hungary, and a small size (<10,000 ha) protected wetland on the Latorica River (upper Bodrog River), near the Ukrainian border. There are also other nature reserves and protected areas in the upper TRB in Slovakia, such as the Nature Reserve Vysoky vrch and Protected Area Kavecianska, both in the Kosice region. |
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 | Guadiana Basin (2004-01)
The Guadiana River basin has a total drainage area of 66 800 km2 of which 11 580 km2 are located in southeastern Portugal. It constitutes one of the three main drainage units of the Iberian Peninsula shared between Portugal and Spain. The River flows westward through southcentral Spain and southeastern Portugal to the Gulf of Cádiz and the Atlantic Ocean. |
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 | Don Basin (2003-12)
The Don River is the fourth-longest river in Europe. Its basin covers an area of 425 600 km2 (87% in Russia and 13% in Ukraine). The Don’s largest tributary is the Donets. Other important tributaries are the Voronezh, Khoper, and Medveditsa, and it is linked to the Volga by the Volga-Don Canal.
The source of the river is in Russia, southeast of Moscow near Tula. It then flows for a distance of about 1 950 km, through Voronej, crossing Rostov and entering the Gulf of Taganrog in the Sea of Azov. The Don River is linked to the Volga River by a canal (102 km) near Volgograd. |
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 | Garonne Basin (2003-12)
Flowing for a distance of 525 km, the Garonne is the most important river of Southwestern France. Its watershed covers 57 000 km2. It originates in Spain at 1 900 m altitude in the Val d’Aran in the Pyrénées. Its main tributaries are the Lot, the Tarn and the Aveyron. After the city of Toulouse, the Garonne becomes navigable. It goes through Bordeaux and joins the Dordogne to form the Gironde estuary. The Gironde estuary is the largest estuary in Europe: 75 km long, up to 12 km wide, covering an area of 635 km². |
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 | Guadalquivir Basin (2003-12)
The Guadalquivir River rises in the Sierra de Cazorla, Southeastern Spain, and flows generally south-west past Córdoba and Seville into the Gulf of Cádiz near Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
The Guadalquivir is Spain’s second longest river. Its natural environment is one of the most varied in Europe, containing representatives of half of the continent’s plant species and nearly all those of the North African region. The fauna also includes a great variety of European and North African species. |
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 | Loire Basin (2003-12)
The Loire River, with 1 010 km, is the longest river in France. From its source in the Ardèche, it flows through the Massif Central to the Atlantic Ocean beyond the city of Nantes. Its watershed covers one-fifth of France (120 000 km2). The Loire is subject to heavy flooding and important seasonal fluctuations in volume. Spring floods alternate with dry summers causing very low water levels. Extreme high and low levels were recorded in December 1910 (6 300 m3/s) and August 1949 (49 m3/s). With such variability the use of the Loire for navigation is very limited. The river is called “the last wild river in Europe”. |
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 | Rhine Basin (2003-12)
The Rhine River is Western Europe’s largest river basin, with an area of 185 000 km2 and mean annual discharge of 2 200 m3/s. Rising in the Alps, it flows from the Swiss mountains through Austria, Germany, France and Luxembourg to the Netherlands. Navigable from Rotterdam to Basel, the Rhine is one of the most important transboundary waterways in the world. |
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 | Vistula Basin (2003-12)
Flowing eastward and then northward from the Carpathian Mountains of southern Poland to its delta near Gdansk on the Baltic Sea, the Vistula River forms a giant letter S. With its branches, including the Bug, Wieprz, San, Narew, Nida, Pilica, Brda, and Wierzyca rivers, the Vistula drains a basin of about 194 000 km2. |
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 | Rhone Basin (2003-12)
The Rhône River, one of the major rivers in Western Europe, rises from the Rhone glacier at an altitude of 1 765 m. After flowing through Switzerland for 260 km, it enters France through Lake Leman. The river flows through France for 550 km before entering the Mediterranean Sea. The total area of the river basin is 98 000 km2, of which 8 000 km2 is in Switzerland. The main tributaries are the Ain (200 km), the Saône (450 km), and its tributary the Doubs (430 km), the Ardèche (112 km), the Gard (140 km), the Arve (100 km), the Isère (290 km), the Drôme (100 km) and the Durance (350 km). |
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 | Seine Basin (2003-12)
The Seine has its source on the Langres Plateau, at 471 meters altitude, in Burgundy about 30 km northwest of Dijon. Known as the river going through the French capital Paris, the Seine also flows through the city of Rouen and joins the English Channel not far from the city of Le Havre. Its name comes from a Roman goddess called Sequana who was worshipped 2000 years ago at the source of the river. This Roman name came from a Celtic word which meant “ similar to a snake”, as the Seine has the most sinuous course of all French rivers, especially between Paris and the Channel. Its main tributaries are the Aube (240 km), the Yonne (293 km), the Loing (160 km), the Essonne (90 km), the Eure (225 km), the Marne (525km), the Aisne (280 km), and the Oise (330 km) which has its source in Belgium. |
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 | Dniepr Basin (2003-12)
Rising in the southwestern part of the Russian Federation, at an altitude of about 220 metres on the southern slope of the Valdai Hills, west of Moscow, not far from the sources of the Volga, the Dnieper River flows generally south through Belarus, then southeast through Ukraine, ending in the Black Sea. The Dnieper is the third longest river in Europe, and the second longest river flowing into the Black Sea. Its watershed is 58% in Ukraine, 24% in Belarus and only 18% in Russia. |
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 | Elbe Basin (2003-12)
The Elbe River forms one of the largest river systems of central Europe. It originates in the Northwest part of the Czech Republic before traversing Germany and emptying into the North Sea. Its basin covers different geographical regions from middle mountain ranges in the west and south to large flatlands and lowlands in the central, northern and eastern part of the basin. The Elbe has been navigable by commercial vessels since 1842, and provides important trade links as far inland as Prague. The river is linked by canals to the industrial areas of Germany and to Berlin. The Elbe-Lübeck Canal also links the Elbe to the Baltic Sea. |
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 | Oder Basin (2003-12)
The second longest river emptying into the Baltic Sea, the Oder River flows northward from the Oder Mountains of the Czech Republic to form, with the Neisse River, the border between Poland and Germany. It is an economically important transport route, navigable for more than 700 km of its 903 km length, and connected by canal with the Vistula River and with western European waterways. Most of the river basin is densely populated lowland less than 200 m above sea level. |
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 | Volga Basin (2003-12)
The Volga River is the longest river of Europe. It lies entirely within the Russian Federation, comprising about one-third of European Russia. The source of the river is in the Valdaj hills north of Moscow at a height of 228 m above sea level. |
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 | Douro Basin (2003-12)
The Douro River is the third longest in the Iberian Peninsula and its basin is the largest there. It rises in the Sierra de Urbión in central Spain, and crosses the Numantian Plateau. The river flows generally westward across Spain and northern Portugal to the Atlantic Ocean at Foz do Douro. It has extensive barge traffic in its Portuguese section, and has been harnessed for hydroelectric power. |
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 | Ebro Basin (2003-12)
The Ebro, rising near the Atlantic coast in the Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain, drains a triangular basin between the Pyrenees and the Iberian Mountains, before emptying through a wide delta into the Mediterranean. This delta, covering 320 km², is one of the most important wetlands in Europe. An intensive rice-growing area covers 60 % of the delta. |
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 | Po Basin (2003-12)
The Po River basin is the largest Italian basin, covering an area of 74 000 km2 (70 000 km2 in Italy, 4 000 km2 in Switzerland and France). The Po crosses the northern part of Italy for over 650 km and discharges its water into the Northern Adriatic Sea at an average 1 470 m3/s. Its delta, covering about 380 km2, is regarded as one of the most complex estuarine systems in Europe. |
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 | Tagus basin (2003-12)
The Tagus River rises in east-central Spain, in the Sierra de Albarracin at an altitude of 1 590 meters, and flows through Portugal where it empties in the Atlantic Ocean near Lisbon. It is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula. The river’s main tributaries are the: Jarama, Alberche, Tietar, Alagon, Guadelia, Almonte and Salor Rivers in Spain and the Erges, Ponsul, Zezere, and Sorraia Rivers in Portugal. |
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 | Danube basin (2003-12)
The Danube is the second largest river in Europe; it is approximately 2900 km long and drains an area of about 817000 km2. It rises in the Black Forest Mountains of Germany and empties into the Black Sea. About one-third of the Danube river basin is mountainous, while the remainder consists of hills and plains. |
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 | Protected areas in the Caucasus (2003-12)
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 | Landcover of the Caucasus Region (2003-11)
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 | The most polluted rivers in the Caucasus (2003-11)
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 | Base map of the Caucasus Region (2003-10)
Base map of the Caucasus Region including infrastructure and political boundaries |
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 | Population density of the Caucasus region (2003-10)
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 | Land Cover Map of Southeastern Europe (2003-05) |
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 | Major Industrial Sites and Water Pollution (2003-05)
Beyond the direct effects of war on industrial pollution through leakage, and the destruction of infrastructure, water and soil contamination also results from the process of heavy industrialisation undertaken prior to the conflict, and from deficiencies in the treatment of water, and in the management and storage of solid and hazardous waste. |
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 | Population Density in South East Europe (2003-05) |
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 | Transboundary and Environmental Regional Cooperation (2003-05)
Transboundary co-operation has been established in the region as an important tool to mitigate the adverse environmental impacts on the economy and health of affected communities and to explicitly create trust and confidence among nations, which previously experienced political tensions and even violent conflict. |
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 | Description and Depiction of the Carpathians (2003-05) |
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 | Scope of Application of the "Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians (Carpathian Convention)" according to its Article 1, paragraph 1 (2003-04) |
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 | UNEP in the European Region (2003-03)
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 | Base Map of Southeastern Europe (2002-11) |
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 | Biodiversity zones and protected areas of southeastern Europe (2002-11) |
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 | Major Industrial and Power Facilities and Other Sites (2002-11) |
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 | Europe in 2002 (2002-09) |
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 | Europe in 1972 (2002-09) |
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 | Danube River Basin (2001-10)
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 | Volga River Basin (2001-10) |
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 | Human Population Data for Environmental Impact Assessment and Planing (2000-08)
The objective of this poster is to produce improved digital maps of human population density and distribution for better-informed environmental decision-making. |
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 | Course of the Cyanide Spill through S/E European Rivers (Danuve Basin - Lapos, Szamos, Tsiza, Danube) (2000-03)
The first pollution occurred on 30 January 2000. As a consequence, nearly 100'000 m3 of polluted water with a high cyanide concentration reached the watercourses of the Sasar, Lapos, Szamos, Tisza and Danube Rivers over the next 14 days.
The second pollution occurred on 10 March 2000. Approximately 20'000 tonnes of heavy metals were discharged to the Vaser River. |
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 | Major Earthquakes in Turkey (1999-11)
Magnitude 5 and higher between 1963 and 1999. |
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 | Color Shaded Relief Map of the Balkans Region (1999-10)
The color-shaded relief map of the Balkans Region has been created from the USGS-EDC global digital elevation model at a resolution of approximately 1-kilometer. In order to soften the relief of the countries surrounding the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a semi-transparent mask was applied on top of them. |
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 | The European Region of UNEP, Physical Features and Surrounding Lands (1999-08) |
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 | Location and Type of Targeted Industrial Facilities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1999-06)
The base-map is from ESRI's ArcWorld. City/Town/Village locations are derived by GRID-Geneva form various sources. List of facilities provided in mission report. |
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 | Selected Sites Vulnerable to Environmental Damage due to Conflict in the Balkans Region as of 17 June (1999-06)
This map was elaborated by incorporating an image downloaded from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection web site with an ARC/INFO point coverage. The latter shows locations reportedly affected and having potential environmental impacts, and has been generated using a database built from various sources. This database is being updated as the situation evolves. Both layers have been georeferenced for overlay purposes. Refugee camps coordinates in FYROM were provided by UNHCR. |
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 | Major Natural Features, Biodiversity and Protected Areas of the Balkans Region (1999-05)
The map sources are WCMC Web Site and Biodiversity Map Library, EUROPAPARC Federation Web Site and ESRI ArcWorld. |
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