Surface Material by Ecoprovince
The National Ecological Framework for Canada's "Surface Material by Ecoprovince” dataset provides surface material information within the ecoprovince framework polygon. It provides surface material codes and their English and French language descriptions as well as information about the percentage of the polygon that the component occupies.
Surface material includes the abiotic material at the earth's surface. The materials can be: ICE and SNOW - Glacial ice and permanent snow ORGANIC SOIL - Contains more than 30% organic matter as measured by weight ROCK - Rock undifferentiated MINERAL SOIL - Predominantly mineral particles: contains less than 30% organic matter as measured by weight URBAN - Urban areas. Note that only a few major urban area polygons are included on SLC source maps, therefore, do not use for tabulating total urban coverage
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Date Created
2013-05-21
Date Published
2013-05-21
Temporal Coverage
1991-01-01 - 1999-01-01
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25
All time access
669
Source(s) and Citation
Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch. (2013-05-21). Surface Material by Ecoprovince. Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch. https://agriculture.canada.ca
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surficial geology, soil, terrestrial ecosystems, ecology, environment
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