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CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC ECO-REGIONS

UNEP/GRID-Arendal project report - phase I

Overview of Russian national landscape and ecological maps
(M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University)

Alaska Ecoregions map and paper (USGS)
North America eco-regions, Level I (CEC)


Circumpolar Arctic Eco-regions
Project Report, 1995

N.B. Denisov and D.J. Henry
UNEP/GRID-Arendal

A printed copy of this report can be ordered from UNEP/GRID-Arendal


Table of Contents

Summary of Maps and Data-sets

Executive Summary

Project Background
Project Implementation
Technical Notes

Appendices

1. Description of Paper and Digital Maps
A. Paper Maps
B. The Atlas of the Arctic
C. Digital Data-Sets
2. English Translation of Selected Paper-Map Legends

3. Unique Values of Descriptive Attribute Items and Printouts of Digital Data-Sets

4. Survey of Small-Scale National-Coverage Maps of Russia/ USSR


List of Maps and Digital Data-sets

Subject Extent
Scale (1: x mil)
Paper Map Description
Digital Map Description
Baseline Information
Base-mapArctic
10
B1
.
Base-mapUSSR
4
A1
.
Administrative mapRussia
4
A2
.
Base-mapUSSR
2.5
A3
.
Geology, Tectonics, and Geomorphology
GeologyArctic
10
B2
.
GeologyUSSR
10
A4
.
TectonicsArctic
10
B3
.
NeotectonicsArctic
10
B4
.
Quaternary sedimentsArctic
10
B5
.
GeologyUSSR
4
A5
.
GeomorphologyUSSR
4
A6
.
GeologyUSSR
2.5
A7
.
Geology (space data)USSR
2.5
A8
.
Quaternary sedimentsUSSR
2.5
A9
.
Hydrology, Glaciology, and Permafrost
Run-off/precipitation ratioUSSR
15
(A11)
.
Run-off/evaporation balanceUSSR
15
(A11)
.
GlaciologyArctic
10
B6
.
PermafrostUSSR
4
A10
.
Water balanceUSSR
4
A11
.
Soils, Vegetation, and Wildlife
Forest-vegetation regionsUSSR
16
(A15)
C1
Soil cover spatial structureRussia
15
.
C2
Soil-climatic regionsRussia
15
.
C3
SoilsArctic
10
B7
.
VegetationArctic
10
B8
.
Soil-geographic regionsUSSR
8
.
C4
Vegetation/ productivityUSSR
8
.
C5
SoilsUSSR
4
A12
C6
VegetationUSSR
4
A13
C7
Animal communitiesNorth Russia
4
A14
.
ForestsUSSR
2.5
A15
.
Integrated Regionalisation
LandscapesGlobal
15
A16
.
Physico-geographic regionsArctic
10
B9
.
LandscapesUSSR
4
A17
.
LandscapesUSSR
2.5
A18
.
Land-Use, Agriculture and Environmental Protection
Land-useGlobal/Arctic
15
A19
C8
Agro-climatic regionsUSSR
8
.
C9
Land-useUSSR
4
A20
.
Agricultural regionsUSSR
4
A21
C10
Environmental protectionUSSR
4
A22
.


UNEP/GRID-Arendal Polar Programme

Last update: 23 June 1997