Map of geohydrological classification and ecosystem services of representative Mediterranean coastal groundwater-related wetlands

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Mediterranean basin hydrogeological map (WhyMap) with the spacial distribution of 26 representative groundwater-related wetlands, pictures and summary charts of hydrogeological classification and ecosystem services they provide. This work has been carried out in the international project UNESCO-IHP within the framework of the subcomponent “Management of Coastal Aquifers and Groundwater of the UNEPMAP/ GEF Project Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem (Med Partnership)” carried out between 2011 and 2015, with the participation of national experts coming from 13 Mediterranean countries (Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Montenegro, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey) in collaboration different research institutions of Spain and other non-European countries (United Kingdom, USA, Italy, France and Greece).