Groundwater levels in Germany

The map of the groundwater influence on soils in Germany gives an overview of depth of groundwater below the surface. Soils that are influenced by groundwater usually have a limited crop yield. The map shows the classified depth of the groundwater. The ground water level is derived from profile data of the landuse stratified soil map of Germany at scale 1:1,000,000. The method is published in the Bodenkundliche Kartieranleitung 5 (2005) and in the documentation of "Ad-hoc-AG Boden" (representing the soil experts of the geological services of the German federal states). The land use information is derived from the CORINE Land Cover data set (2006).