Transboundary hydrological drainage areas of the Northern Appalachains Ecoregion: A spatial combination of U.S 1:250,000 HUC's from the USGS and Canadian Sub-Sub-Drainage areas from National Scale Frameworks Hydrology dataset

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Resources Division (WRD) and U.S. Department of Agricultural (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Watershed Boundaries Dataset (WBD).

Originator:

Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, The Atlas of Canada.

Publication_Date:

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Title:

Transboundary hydrological drainage areas of the Northern Appalachains Ecoregion: A spatial combination of U.S 1:250,000 HUC's from the USGS and Canadian Sub-Sub-Drainage areas from National Scale Frameworks Hydrology dataset

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: www.2C1Forest.org

Description:

Abstract:

Hydrological drainage areas of the Northern Appalachians Ecoregion derived from a combination of the USGS 1:250,000 hydrological units (HUC's) (<http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?huc250k>) and Sub-Sub-Drainage areas from the Canadian National Scale Frameworks hydrology dataset (<http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/download/frameworkdata/drainage_areas>)

Purpose:

To provide a geospatial data layer of hydrological drainage areas for the Northern Appalachians Ecoregion derived by combining data available for both the US and Canadian portions representing similar scaled hydrological units.

Supplemental_Information:

This transboundary hydrological drainage areas data layer was created by the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada in 2005 as part of a study to map the Human Footprint of the Northern Appalachians Ecoregion as defined by the Nature Conservancy (TNC)

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2005

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.537895

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -59.075537

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.422479

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.086281

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: drainage areas

Theme_Keyword: Hydrological Units

Theme_Keyword: transboundary

Place:

Place_Keyword: Northern Appalachians

Place_Keyword: Northeast United States

Place_Keyword: Eastern Canada

Place_Keyword: Nova Scotia

Place_Keyword: New Brunswick

Place_Keyword: Quebec

Place_Keyword: Prince Edward Island

Place_Keyword: New York

Place_Keyword: Maine

Place_Keyword: Vermont

Place_Keyword: New Hampshire

Access_Constraints:

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Use_Constraints:

The Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada (WCS) created this data set from synthesis of publicly available data sources. This dataset has not been ground truthed or corrected in anyway other than describe in the processing steps and thus should be used accordingly. The Wildlife Society of Canada (WCS) allows copying and distribution of this data set. Commercial use of this data set is prohibited. This data set must be cited on all electronic and hard copy products using the language of the Data Set Credit.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Gillian Woolmer

Contact_Organization: WCS Wildlife Conservation Society Canada

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 416-850-9038

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 416-850-9040

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gwoolmer@wcs.org

Hours_of_Service: 9am to 5pm EST

Data_Set_Credit:

Canadian Dataset: Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, The Atlas of Canada. U.S Dataset: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Resources Division (WRD) and U.S. Department of Agricultural (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Watershed Boundaries Dataset (WBD). Compiled by WCS Wildlife Conservation Society Canada

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.0.1324

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:250,000

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Contribution:

U.S. Drainage Areas: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Resources Division (WRD) and U.S. Department of Agricultural (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Watershed Boundaries Dataset (WBD). <http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?huc250k>

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:1,000,000

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Contribution:

Canadian Drainage Areas: Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, The Atlas of Canada. <http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/download/frameworkdata/drainage_areas>

Source_Information:

Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:100,000

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Contribution:

U.S. County boundaries: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (comp.) <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

1.Drainage areas from the input datasets were subset of the Northern Appalachians ecoregion. For the U.S drainage areas intersect the ecoregion boundary were selected while for Canada drainage areas east of the St. Lawrence were selected. 2.The U.S. drainage areas were clipped to a county dataset from the BTS 3.The Canadian and clipped U.S. drainage areas were then unioned to create one data layer. 4.Overlaps between drainage areas were assigned to U.S drainage areas. 5.Gaps were filled and assigned to U.S drainage areas. 6.A unique drainage areas ID was assigned to each resulting drainage area in the field "DA_ID" and was based on the input drainage area.

All attributes from the input drainage area datasets are maintained in this combined drainage areas dataset.

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Gillian Woolmer

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gwoolmer@wcs.org

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: D:\Science_Synthesis\Data\TNC\drainageareas.shp.xml

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 147

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 43.000000

Standard_Parallel: 46.000000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -72.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 42.000000

False_Easting: 0.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: nap_watersheds

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DA_ID

Attribute_Definition: Unique ID based on drainage area ID in source dataset

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DA_NAME

Attribute_Definition: Drainage area name

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DA_KM

Attribute_Definition: Drainage area area in square kilometers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: IMPORTANCE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UL_X

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UL_Y

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LR_X

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LR_Y

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

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Metadata_Date: 20071018

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Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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