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Catalogue Entry: Plant Hardiness Zones
Nine zones indicate the areas where various trees, shrubs and flowers are most likely to survive. These zones are calculated based on average climatic conditions and altitude of... -
Catalogue Entry: Shield Physiographic Regions
This map shows the location of the Shield physiographic regions. The Shield is divided into five great regions: Kazan Region, Davis Region, Hudson Region, James Region and... -
Catalogue Entry: Physiographic Regions
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... -
Catalogue Entry: Borderlands - Interior Plains Physiographic Region
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... -
Catalogue Entry: Borderlands - Eastern Physiographic Regions
This map shows the location of the eastern physiographic regions which include the Appalachian Region and the St. Lawrence Lowlands. -
Catalogue Entry: Borderlands - Cordilleran Physiographic Region
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... -
Catalogue Entry: Borderlands - Arctic Physiographic Regions
This map shows the location of the Arctic physiographic regions which include the Innuitian Region, the Arctic Lowlands and the Arctic Coastal Plains. -
Catalogue Entry: Permafrost
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... -
Catalogue Entry: Land Cover
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... -
Catalogue Entry: Watersheds
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... -
Catalogue Entry: Physical Components of Watersheds
The physical components of a watershed are rivers, lakes, ponds and reservoirs, groundwater aquifers, snowpacks, glaciers, ice fields, wetlands and precipitation. This map shows... -
Catalogue Entry: Human Components of Watersheds
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... -
Catalogue Entry: Drainage Basins
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... -
Catalogue Entry: Current Water Levels, 2008
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... -
Catalogue Entry: Hydrogeological Regions
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... -
Catalogue Entry: Land Cover (generalized)
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... -
Catalogue Entry: Moisture Regions
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... -
Catalogue Entry: Surficial Hydrogeological Materials
Surficial hydrogeological materials show the distribution of sediment deposited in glacially influenced environments. Most drinkable groundwater resources in Canada occur in... -
Catalogue Entry: Major Rock Categories
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... -
Catalogue Entry: Geological Provinces
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...