The USGS RMGSC modeled the distribution of terrestrial ecosystems for the conterminous United States using a geospatial mapping methodology that was developed from a deductive, biophysical stratification approach to delineate ecosystems by their major structural elements.
United States Ecosystems Mapping
Facts from the Community
From the Conservation Action base
Lead agency/organization(s):
From the MapCentral base
Map metadata:
- Isobioclimates of the conterminous United States metadata
- Land surface forms of the conterminous United States metadata
- Topographic Moisture Potential of the conterminous United States metadata
- Surficial Lithology of the conterminous United States metadata
- Structural Footprints of the conterminous United States metadata
- Labeled Ecosystems of the conterminous United States metadata
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