Dataset

Small Island Developing States - Prevalence of Springs [%]

GroundwaterGlobalInternational Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC)

Dataset Objective

To provide data on springs discharge in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

Context

Springs are very sensitive to changes in groundwater budget, either from change in recharge or change in abstraction regime. Therefore spring discharge is a meaningful indicator of change.

What is included

Dataset contains: small island developing states code, region code, confidence, identity, geometry, target island, state and average annual groundwater discharge by springs [m3/yr] divided by groundwater recharge [m3/yr] categorized as: very low, low, medium, high and very high.

Collection Methods

Prevalence of springs is obtained by average annual groundwater discharge by springs [m3/yr] divided by groundwater recharge [m3/yr].