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Temporary Dataset Download: European Landslide Susceptibility Map version 2 (ELSUS v2)

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  1. The data provided have been produced for research purposes jointly by Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR, Hannover), Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica (CNR-IRPI, Perugia), Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg (CNRS-EOST, Strasbourg), and Joint Research Centre (JRC, Ispra).  The data produced are made available for research and development purposes.
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(30/06/2025): For the convenience of the user we have exported the file elsus_v2.asc also to GeoTiff format: elsus_v2.tif_.zip; It contains a Byte geotiff and a qml styling file for qgis.

References

Metadata for all datasets:

Title: European Landslide Susceptibility Map version 2 (ELSUS v2)
Description: Landslide susceptibility levels at continental scale derived from heuristic-statistical modelling of main landslide conditioning factors using also landslide location data
Spatial coverage: All European Union member states except Malta, in addition to Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, and Switzerland
Cell size: 200 m 
Format: Esri ASCII Grid
Map datum, projection: ETRS89, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area 
Landslide susceptibility coding: 0 = no data; 1 = very low; 2 = low; 3 = moderate; 4 = high; 5 = very high
Files: elsus_v2.asc and ancillary files
Ancillary datasets: Confidence Level Map of ELSUS v2, Climate-Physiographic regions, Slope Angle, Lithology, and Land Cover
Authoring organisations: BGR, CNR-IRPI, CNRS-EOST and EC-JRC.D
Release date: 12 February 2018

Title: Confidence Level Map of the European Landslide Susceptibility Map ELSUS v2
Description: Confidence levels of the classified landslide susceptibility on EUROSTAT NUTS 3 regions. The levels have been calculated either statistically or by expert evaluation
Spatial coverage: All or most of Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK, and part of Belgium, Denmark, and Germany
Cell size: n.a.
Format: Esri Shapefile
Map datum, projection: ETRS89, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area 
Confidence (reliability) values: good, moderate, poor, no information
Files: confidence.shp and ancillary files
Ancillary datasets: European Landslide Susceptibility Map version 2 (ELSUS v2), Climate-Physiographic regions, Slope Angle, Lithology, and Land Cover
Authoring organisations: BGR, CNR-IRPI, CNRS-EOST and EC-JRC.D
Release date: 12 February 2018

Title: Climate-Physiographic Regions
Description: Climate-physiographic regions derived from intersection of Köppen climate zones with NORDREGIO mountain classification deduced from GTOPO30 information
Spatial coverage: All 28 European Union member states, in addition to Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, and Switzerland
Cell size: n.a.
Format: Esri Shapefile
Map datum, projection: ETRS89, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area 
Climate-physiographic regions coding: 0 = coastal area; 1 = plain (arid/temperate climate with dry summer); 2 = plain (temperate climate without dry period); 3 = plain (cold climate with warm summer); 4 = plain (cold climate with cold summer); 5 = mountain (arid/temperate climate); 6 = mountain (polar/cold climate)
Files: climate_phys_regions.shp and ancillary files
Ancillary datasets: European Landslide Susceptibility Map version 2 (ELSUS v2), Confidence Level Map of ELSUS v2, Slope Angle, Lithology, and Land Cover
Authoring organisations: BGR, CNR-IRPI, CNRS-EOST and EC-JRC.D
Release date: 12 February 2018

Title: Slope Angle
Description: Slope angle class values derived mainly from BGR’s EU 27 DEM data, resampled to 200 m resolution
Spatial coverage: All 28 European Union member states, in addition to Andorra, Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, and Switzerland
Cell size: 200 m
Format: GeoTIFF
Map datum, projection: ETRS89, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area 
Slope angle coding: 0 = no data; 1 = 0°; 2 = 1°-3°; 3 = 4°-6°; 4 = 7°-10°; 5 = 11°-15°; 6 = 16° - 20°; 7 = 21° - 30°; 8 = 31° - 82°
Files: slope.tif
Ancillary datasets: European Landslide Susceptibility Map version 2 (ELSUS v2), Confidence Level Map of ELSUS v2, Climate-Physiographic regions, Lithology, and Land Cover
Authoring organisations: BGR, CNR-IRPI, CNRS-EOST and EC-JRC.D
Release date: 12 February 2018

Title: Lithology
Description:Lithology class information derived from BGR’s IHME1500 data, rasterized to 200 m resolution
Spatial coverage: All European Union member states except Malta, in addition to Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, and Switzerland
Cell size: 200 m
Format: GeoTIFF
Map datum, projection: ETRS89, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area 
Lithology coding: 0 = no data; 1 = schists, phyllites, quartzites and marbles; 2 = shales; 3 = plutonic rocks; 4 = gneisses; 5 = sandstones and conglomerates; 6 = sandstones, conglomerates and sands; 7 = limestones; 8 = sandstones, conglomerates and clays; 9 = gravels; 10 = sands; 11 = sandstones and marls; 12 = limestones, marlstones and clays; 13 = clays; 14 = marlstones and limestones; 15 = marlstones, limestones and sands; 16 = limestones, marlstones and marls; 17 = volcanic rocks; 18 = silts; 19 = claystones and clays
Files:lithology.tif
Ancillary datasets: European Landslide Susceptibility Map version 2 (ELSUS v2), Confidence Level Map of ELSUS v2, Climate-Physiographic regions, Slope Angle, and Land Cover
Authoring organisations: BGR, CNR-IRPI, CNRS-EOST and EC-JRC.D
Release date: 12 February 2018

Title: Land Cover
Description: Land cover class values derived from ESA GlobCover2009 data (http://due.esrin.esa.int/page_globcover.php) resampled to 200 m resolution
Spatial coverage: All 28 European Union member states, in addition to Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, and Switzerland
Cell size: 200 m
Format: GeoTIFF
Map datum, projection: ETRS89, Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area 
Land Cover coding: 0 = no data; 1 = cropland; 2 = open forest; 3 = closed forest; 4 = shrub; 5 = pasture/meadow; 6 = bare; 7 = artificial
Files: landcover.tif
Ancillary datasets: European Landslide Susceptibility Map version 2 (ELSUS v2), Confidence Level Map of ELSUS v2, Climate-Physiographic regions, Slope Angle, and Lithology
Authoring organisations: BGR, CNR-IRPI, CNRS-EOST and EC-JRC.D
Release date: 12 February 2018

 

 

Wilde, M., Günther, A., Reichenbach, P., Malet, J.-P., Hervás, J., 2018. Pan-European landslide susceptibility mapping: ELSUS Version 2. Journal of Maps, 14(2): 97-104 and supplemental map.

Günther, A., Van Den Eeckhaut, M., Malet, J.-P., Reichenbach, P., Hervás, J., 2014. Climate-physiographically differentiated Pan-European landslide susceptibility assessment using spatial multi-criteria evaluation and transnational landslide information. Geomorphology, 224: 69-85

 

Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
ID 123590
Date - Time Sat, 01/10/2026 - 20:25
Name of User Sevki Yapici
Organization Politecnico Di Milano
Type of Organization University
-- Other
E-mail sevkiyapicii@gmail.com
Purpose For analysis of landslides in Portugal Santa Luzia Barragem area to develop a landscape architecture project.
Notes

When making reference to the ESDAC

  • Panagos, P., Van Liedekerke, M., Borrelli, P., Köninger, J., Ballabio, C., Orgiazzi, A., Lugato, E., Liakos, L., Hervas, J., Jones, A.  Montanarella, L. 2022. European Soil Data Centre 2.0: Soil data and knowledge in support of the EU policies. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(6), e13315. DOI: 10.1111/ejss.13315
  • Panagos P., Van Liedekerke M., Jones A., Montanarella L., “European Soil Data Centre: Response to European policy support and public data requirements”; (2012) Land Use Policy, 29 (2), pp. 329-338. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.07.003
  • European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC), esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu, European Commission, Joint Research Centre