Waterbodies & Results Map

Use the mapping tool to learn about specific egions or waterbodies.

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Use the mapping tool to learn about specific projects, regions or waterbodies. Discover basins where the GEF has made project investments, or see all the transboundary aquifers, large marine ecosystems, lakes and river basins with or without GEF IW projects. Clicking on a specific ecosystem will inform you about key results from the basin as well as provide you a link to further details about activities, projects, documents and further content associated with the basin. Geographic boundaries

Geographic boundaries

The maps used for the GEF IW Visualization Tool are for reference only. The boundaries, colors, denominations and any other information shown on these maps do not imply, on the part of IW:LEARN, its implementing agencies and partners, any judgment on the legal status of any territory, or any endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.

Data Sources

LMEs
Watersheds of the World published by the World Resources Institute, GIWA Large Marine Ecosystem/Basin Delineation

Transboundary aquifers
International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre

Transboundary lakes
World Wildlife Fund Conservation Science Data and Tools

Transboundary river basins
Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University , Watersheds of the World published by the World Resources Institute


The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariats of UNESCO, the United Nations, or the Global Environment Facility (GEF) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. This map utilizes a third-party commercial mapping service (Google Maps) embedded on the project website for general geographic reference; its dynamic boundary representations do not necessarily conform to official United Nations cartographic standards.