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Drought dashboard

Hydrological drought levels and freshwater groundwater, Kingdom of Tonga

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Map of assessed areas

Areas shown by district boundary; wells at village locations

Areas

    Freshwater lens thickness

    metres, at each monitoring location

    The freshwater lens is the layer of fresh groundwater that floats on seawater beneath an island. A thinner lens means less fresh water is available from wells and boreholes. Readings apply to the monitoring locations named, not to all groundwater in an area.

    What the levels mean