344 catalogue entries found

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  • Catalogue Entry: Minerals - West Sheet

    Contained within the 1st Edition (1906) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the mineralogy and locations of mineral deposits for Western Canada circa 1906. A line drawn...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Minerals - East Sheet

    Contained within the 1st Edition (1906) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the mineralogy and locations of mineral deposits for Eastern Canada circa 1906. A line drawn...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Satellite Image

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows Canada as seen from space in August, 1990 using uninterrupted 1.1 kilometer...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Vegetation Cover

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows all of Canada classified into one of eight vegetation cover classes (for...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Streamflow

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1995) of the Atlas of Canada is a sheet with four maps. The first map shows the average annual river flow for major rivers and has adjacent...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Seismicity

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is plate with three maps. The first map shows the locations (epicentres) of several thousand...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Terrestrial Ecoregions

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the first three levels of Environment Canada's hierarchical ecological land...
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  • Catalogue Entry: The Potential of Soils and Bedrock to Reduce the Acidity of Atmospheric Deposition

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows vulnerability of soils and bedrock to acid precipitation using low, moderate...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Climatic Regions Thornthwaite Classification Thermal Efficiency Regions

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the distribution for the two thermal aspects of Thornthwaite's climate...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Sea Ice

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a plate with 4 maps. The maps show sea ice patterns: late winter conditions and late summer...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Precipitation

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a plate with seven maps. The first maps shows mean annual precipitation for Canada. Four...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Drainage Patterns

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows rivers, lakes and glaciers of Canada in great detail without names as a pure...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Snowfall

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a plate with seven maps. The first map shows mean annual snowfall in Canada. Four additional...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Land Cover Associations

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows land cover associations used as twelve primary cover classes (e.g. forest)...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Wetland Regions

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that classifies Canada into forty wetland regions with similar ecological...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Distribution of Wetlands

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows occurrence of wetlands throughout Canada, using five percentage cover...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Climatic Regions Thornthwaite Classification Moisture Regions

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the distribution for the two moisture aspects of Thornthwaite's climate...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Glaciers

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows glaciers, iceberg sources and iceberg drift patterns for Canada and...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Land Capability for Forestry

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that portrays seven classes of land capability for growing commercial forests; also...
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  • Catalogue Entry: Solar Radiation - April and October

    Contained within the 5th Edition (1995) of the Atlas of Canada is a sheet which contains four maps at the same scale (1:12 500 000) utilizing 26 coloured categories of solar...
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