List of aquifers explained

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

See main article: List of aquifers in the United States.

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains aquifer
• Biscayne Aquifer
• Bruceian aquifer
• Cambro-Ordovician aquifer system
• California Central Valley aquifer system
• 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

Notes and References

1. http://www.sdcwa.org/manage/groundwater-exec-summary.phtml San Diego County Water Authority - Water Management - Local Resources
2. http://www.geology.ewu.edu/ftrips/aquifer/aqtour.htm Spokane Aquifer Tour
3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SVRP_Aquifer_Map.PNG 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.