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Canadian Prairie Watershed Classification
| Description: | Shapefile detailing classified prairie watersheds (n = 4175) according to physiographic characteristics. These characteristics were assembled from a variety of sources, including remote sensed data and government databases. Variables included climatic (annual precipitation, potential evapotranspiration), physical (slope, elevation), surficial geology, wetland (density, size distribution), and land cover/use data. Watersheds were classified using a hierarchical clustering on principal components analysis. As a result, seven distinct classes of watersheds were identified. The dataset defines two classifications schemes: (1) Integrated Watershed Classification, and (2) Land Cover Watershed Classification. The schemes differ as the latter was performed without climatic variables. As such, the land cover approach is suited for applications where local climate is forced using other data sources (e.g., hydrological modelling). The integrated classification is suited for general applications. The associated manuscript, which includes methods and data sources, can be found here: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3945-2019 |
| Authors: | Wolfe, Jared; Global Institute for Water Security; University of Saskatchewan;  0000-0001-7623-8929Whitfield, Colin J.; Global Institute for Water Security; University of Saskatchewan Shook, Kevin R.; University of Saskatchewan Spence, Chris; Environment and Climate Change Canada |
| Keywords: | Prairies watershed classification geography |
| Field of Research: | Earth and related environmental sciences > Hydrology > Physical and catchment hydrology
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| Publication Date: | 2019-12-19 |
| Publisher: | Federated Research Data Repository / dépôt fédéré de données de recherche |
| Funder: | Global Water Futures (GWF) Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF); Global Water Futures Program (GWF) Global Water Futures (GWF); Prairie Water |
| URI: | https://doi.org/10.20383/101.0197 |
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| Geographic Coverage: | Place Name Canadian Prairies ecozone Country Canada |
| Geolocation Box: | West Longitude -114.2047 East Longitude -95.7038 North Latitude 54.2032 South Latitude 48.6278 |
| Appears in Collections: | Global Water Futures |
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Wolfe, J., Whitfield, C., Shook, K., Spence, C. (2019). Canadian Prairie Watershed Classification. Federated Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.20383/101.0197
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