Science Inventory

ECOREGION: ECOREGIONS OF CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES

Citation:

ECOREGION: ECOREGIONS OF CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 1991.

Impact/Purpose:

It is provided by the USGS and is intended for national-level studies of water resources.

Description:

The Ecoregion data set covers aquatic ecoregions of the conterminous U.S. It is provided by the USGS and is intended for national-level studies of water resources. Aquatic ecoregions are based on perceived patterns of a combination of causal and integrative factors including land use, land surface form, potential natural vegetation, and soils (Omernik, 1987). This is a copy of the ecoregion coverage of Omernik (1987) with some item names modified at a map scale of 1:7,500,000. The USGS has requested that they be contacted via email for questions and information.

Record Details:

Record Type:DATA SET( DATA/SOFTWARE/ SCIENTIFIC DATA)
Product Published Date:12/17/1991
Record Last Revised:08/18/2008
OMB Category:Other
Record ID: 4587