Explore geology, soil, groundwater and terrain information for land in Europe. Understand what public geological evidence may mean before development.
Identify the mapped geological context and, where available, lithology, geological units and local geological evidence.
Soil and terrain information can help identify possible issues such as compressible ground, clay behaviour, peat, shallow rock or variable deposits.
Groundwater and surface-water evidence can matter for foundations, excavation, drainage and flood exposure.
Slope, elevation, aspect and geomorphology can reveal conditions that deserve closer investigation, particularly on hillsides and in mountainous regions.
Regional maps describe conditions at a useful scale but do not replace site-specific investigation.