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SOIL POLYGON [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Cartography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

These variables were derived by manually overlaying the Soil Capability for Agriculture maps from the Canada Land Inventory onto the Soil Map of Canada, and estimating the proportion of each capability class in each soil map polygon. Up to four dominant capability classes can be shown for each soil polygon, each with one sub-dominant class.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Cartographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

[...] un polygone pédologique peut être constitué [d'une] (1) à quatre (4) composantes dont la nomenclature séquentielle est organisée de façon à ce que la composante dominante du polygone, en terme de superficie, soit citée en premier.

Spanish

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