Natural Regions and Subregions of Alberta
- ISBN-10
- 0778545725
- ISBN-13
- 9780778545729
- Category
- Ecological regions
- Pages
- 254
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-01-01
- Authors
- David J. Downing, Alberta. Natural Regions Committee
Description
This document presents the climatic, physiographic, vegetation, soil, wildlife and land use attributes that characterize each natural region and subregion. It has been organized into four parts: part one outlines national region and subregion concepts, part two describes methods used to generate climate statistics, part three presents a comparative analysis of selected climate statistics to facilitate comparison of natural regions and subregions, and part four presents detailed climatic, vegetation, soils and physiographic descriptions for six natural regions and twenty-one natural subregions currently recognized in Alberta.
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