Open Data

Water Erosion Risk

Description

This map displays the risk of soil degradation by water in the agricultural region of Alberta. Water erosion is a concern because it reduces soil quality by removing soil particles and nutrients, and reduces water quality if these particles are carried into nearby water bodies. The map uses five classes to describe the water erosion risk on bare, unprotected mineral soil: negligible, low, moderate, high and severe.This resource was created using ArcGIS, originally published as a print map in 1993 .

Updated

March 10, 2020

Tags
ALBERTA DOWNLOADABLE-DATA GEOSCIENTIFICINFORMATION INLANDWATERS LOSSES-FROM-SOIL RAIN-EROSION RUNOFF-WATER SEDIMENTATION

Title and Dataset Information

Alternative Title

Water Erosion Risk

Date Modified

2020-03-10

Update Frequency

Irregular

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Agriculture and Forestry

Subject Information

Start Date

1992-01-01

End Date

1992-01-01

Resource Dates

Date Created

2016-07-13

Date Added to catalogue

2020-04-30T03:25:18.161215

Date Issued

2016-07-13

Date Modified

2020-03-10

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Contact

Contact Name

{"Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development, Government of Alberta","Agriculture Canada"}

Contact Email

duke@gov.ab.ca