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National Ecological Framework for Canada - Terrestrial Ecozones
Resource ID
6bd8f192-2e1a-11ed-83ae-0242ac13000c
Title
National Ecological Framework for Canada - Terrestrial Ecozones
Date
Sept. 6, 2022, 7:30 p.m., Publication
Abstract
This layer was converted to a shapefile from a Esri File Geodatabase from Open Canada Portal, https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/3ef8e8a9-8d05-4fea-a8bf-7f5023d2b6e1 The “National Ecological Framework for Canada – Terrestrial Ecozones” dataset provides representations of ecozones. An ecozone is the top level of the four levels of ecosystems that the National Ecological Framework for Canada defines. The framework divides Canada into 15 terrestrial ecozones that define its ecological mosaic on a sub-continental scale. Ecozones represent an area of the earth’s surface as large and very generalized ecological units. These units are characterized by interactive and adjusting abiotic and biotic factors.
Edition
V2
Responsible
AAFC
Point of Contact
Canada
aafc.info.aac@agr.gc.ca
Purpose
This dataset classifies the major ecologically distinctive areas of Canada's surface area, called ecozones. It provides location information for ecozones and links them to tables of associated attributes.
Maintenance Frequency
unknown
Type
vector
Restrictions
government has granted exclusive right to make, sell, use or license an invention or discovery
Open Government Licence - Canada (https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
License
Open Government Licence 2.0 - Canada
Language
eng
Temporal Extent
Start
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End
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Supplemental Information
Source: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/3ef8e8a9-8d05-4fea-a8bf-7f5023d2b6e1
Data Quality
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Extent
  • x0: -15695986.1886
  • x1: -5829197.310900001
  • y0: 5112202.9388
  • y1: 18427981.8587
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:3857
Keywords
no keywords
Category
Biota
Regions
Canada