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Wetlands and Forests Canada Open Gov Dataset
Wetlands are areas characterized by relatively shallow water. These areas play an extremely important role in Canada's ecology. Canada has one of the largest areas in the world... Read more -
Age of Rocks Canada Open Gov Dataset
The geologic time scale divides the 4.6 billion years of earths history into hierarchy of time periods. Every layer of rock corresponds to a specific time in the history of the... Read more -
Geological Provinces Canada Open Gov Dataset
The geologic time scale divides the 4.6 billion years of earths history into hierarchy of time periods. Every layer of rock corresponds to a specific time in the history of the... Read more -
Major Rock Categories Canada Open Gov Dataset
Rocks are divided into three main categories according to how they were formed: igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic processes. Rocks differ in their texture, mineral and... Read more -
Surficial Hydrogeological Materials Canada Open Gov Dataset
Surficial hydrogeological materials show the distribution of sediment deposited in glacially influenced environments. Most drinkable groundwater resources in Canada occur in... Read more -
Moisture Regions Canada Open Gov Dataset
Moisture regions illustrate moist (water surplus) and dry (water deficient) climate areas. The regions are a general guide to moisture surplus or deficit to be factored with... Read more -
Land Cover (generalized) Canada Open Gov Dataset
This map shows a simplified distribution of land cover types across Canada interpreted from satellite data obtained in 1995. Land cover has an important role in the water cycle... Read more -
Hydrogeological Regions Canada Open Gov Dataset
Hydrogeological regions are areas in which the properties of sub-surface water, or groundwater, are broadly similar in geology, climate and topography. Hydrogeology is the... Read more -
Current Water Levels, 2008 Canada Open Gov Dataset
The map shows 3172 hydrometric stations, 1491 active and 1681 inactive, located on rivers and lakes across the country. All the stations on the map are situated in a drainage... Read more -
Drainage Basins Canada Open Gov Dataset
A drainage basin is an area that drains all precipitation received as a runoff or base flow (groundwater sources) into a particular river or set of rivers. Canada’s major... Read more -
Human Components of Watersheds Canada Open Gov Dataset
Apart from a source of drinking water, the water resources in watersheds supply water for irrigation and the production of hydroelectricity, and are a primary mode of... Read more -
Physical Components of Watersheds Canada Open Gov Dataset
The physical components of a watershed are rivers, lakes, ponds and reservoirs, groundwater aquifers, snowpacks, glaciers, ice fields, wetlands and precipitation. This map shows... Read more -
Watersheds Canada Open Gov Dataset
A watershed is an area that drains all precipitation received as a runoff or base flow (groundwater sources) into a particular river or set of rivers. The easiest way to... Read more -
Land Cover Canada Open Gov Dataset
This map shows the distribution of land cover types across Canada, based on satellite data obtained in 1995. The land cover map contains 31 classes: 12 forest; 3 shrubland; 7... Read more -
Permafrost Canada Open Gov Dataset
Permafrost occurs when the ground remains at or below a temperature of 0oC for a minimum period of two years. Permafrost occurs not only at high latitudes but also at high... Read more -
Borderlands - Arctic Physiographic Regions Canada Open Gov Dataset
This map shows the location of the Arctic physiographic regions which include the Innuitian Region, the Arctic Lowlands and the Arctic Coastal Plains. -
Borderlands - Cordilleran Physiographic Region Canada Open Gov Dataset
This map shows the location of the Cordilleran physiographic region. The Cordilleran Region is divided into three large linear zones called the Eastern System, the Interior... Read more -
Borderlands - Eastern Physiographic Regions Canada Open Gov Dataset
This map shows the location of the eastern physiographic regions which include the Appalachian Region and the St. Lawrence Lowlands. -
Borderlands - Interior Plains Physiographic Region Canada Open Gov Dataset
This map shows the location of the Interior Plains physiographic region. The Interior Plains occupy the region between the Shield on the east and the mountains of the... Read more -
Physiographic Regions Canada Open Gov Dataset
Canada’s landscape is very diversified and comprises several distinctive areas, called physiographic regions, each of which has its own topography and geology. The physical... Read more