List of aquifers

The following is a partial list of aquifers around the world. A category-based list of aquifers is also available.

Africa

  • Bas Saharan Basin
  • Lotikipi Basin Aquifer (Kenya)
  • Murzuk-Djado Basin
  • Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System

Asia

  • Indus Basin
  • Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin
  • West Siberian Basin
  • Tunguss Basin
  • Angara-Lena Basin
  • Yakut Basin
  • North China Aquifer System
  • Song-Liao Basin
  • Tarim Basin
  • Pechora Basin
  • Pretashkent Aquifer
  • Sambai oothu Aquifer (Karaikudi, India)
  • Indo-Gangetic Aquifer System

Middle-East

  • Arabian Aquifer System
  • Caspian Sea aquifer
  • Taurus-Zagros Aquifer System
  • Yarkon-Taninim Aquifer, also known as Mountain Aquifer (Israel-Palestine)

Europe

  • Adige Valley aquifer (Italy)
  • Alnarpsströmmen (Sweden)
  • Balanegra Aquifer (Spain)
  • Chalk Aquifer (England)
  • Hanko Aquifer (Finland)
  • Paris Basin (France)
  • North Caucasus Basin (Russia)
  • Po Plain aquifer (Italy)
  • Russian Platform Basins (Russia)
  • Schwyll Aquifer (Wales)
  • Upper Rhine aquifer (France / Germany)

North America

Canada

  • Arkell Spring Grounds
  • Laurentian River System
  • Northern Great Plains Aquifer
  • Oak Ridges Moraine – north of Toronto Ontario

United States

Aquifers of the United States
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains aquifer
  • Biscayne Aquifer
  • Bruceian aquifer
  • Cambro-Ordovician aquifer system
  • California Central Valley aquifer system
  • Denver Basin aquifer
  • Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer
  • Edwards Aquifer
  • Englishtown aquifer
  • Floridan aquifer
  • Great Miami aquifer
  • Kirkwood–Cohansey aquifer
  • Lloyd aquifer
  • Magothy aquifer – largest of Long Island's aquifers
  • Mahomet Aquifer
  • Medina aquifer
  • Mt. Laurel–Wenonah aquifer
  • Ogallala Aquifer, also known as the High Plains Aquifer
  • Ozark Plateau aquifer
  • Patapsco aquifer
  • Permian Sea
  • Potomac–Raritan–Magothy aquifer
  • Saginaw Aquifer
  • San Diego Formation[1]
  • San Joaquin River aquifer
  • Sankoty Aquifer
  • Silurian–Devonian aquifers
  • Spokane Valley–Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer[2][3]

Mexico

  • Texcoco aquifer, one of the most overexploited in the country[4]

Oceania

Australia

  • Botany Sands Aquifer
  • Canning Basin
  • Gnangara Mound
  • Great Artesian Basin
  • Jandakot Mound
  • Leederville Aquifer
  • Yarragadee Aquifer

New Zealand

  • Canterbury Plains Aquifer (Christchurch)
  • Waiwhetu Aquifer (Wellington)

South America

  • Amazon Basin
  • Maranhao Basin
  • Guarani Aquifer System
  • Hamza River
  • Pampa del Tamarugal Aquifer
  • Pica Aquifer
  • Purapurani Aquifer
  • Valle de Pan de Azúcar Aquifer

References

  1. ↑ San Diego County Water Authority - Water Management - Local Resources Archived 2010-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Spokane Aquifer Tour Archived 2010-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ commons.wikimedia.org: File:SVRP Aquifer Map.PNG
  4. ↑ Rodríguez Wallenius, C. (2008). Conflictos entre comunidades rurales y municipios urbanos por el agua en el centro de México (Conflicts between rural communities and urban municipalities due to water in central Mexico). Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco. México.
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