level iii and iv ecoregions of washington · 2c san juan islands 2d olympic rainshadow 2a fraser...
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1a Coastal Lowlands1b Coastal Uplands1c Low Olympics1d Volcanics1e Outwash1f Willapa Hills
1 Coast Range
2e Eastern Puget Uplands2f Central Puget Lowland
2c San Juan Islands2d Olympic Rainshadow
2a Fraser Lowland2b Eastern Puget Riverine Lowlands
2 Puget Lowland
2g Southern Puget Prairies2h Cowlitz/Chehalis Foothills2i Cowlitz/Newaukum Prairie Floodplains
11c Maritime-Influenced Zone11f Canyons and Dissected Highlands11g Canyons and Dissected Uplands11l Mesic Forest Zone11m Subalpine-Alpine Zone
11 Blue Mountains
10a Channeled Scablands10b Loess Islands10d Okanogan Drift Hills10e Pleistocene Lake Basins10f Dissected Loess Uplands10g Yakima Folds10h Palouse Hills10i Deep Loess Foothills10l Lower Snake and Clearwater Canyons10m Okanogan Valley
10 Columbia Plateau 3a Portland/Vancouver Basin3d Valley Foothills
4a Western Cascades Lowlands and Valleys4b Western Cascades Montane Highlands4c Cascade Crest Montane Forest4d Cascade Subalpine/Alpine
3 Willamette Valley
4 Cascades
9a Yakima Plateau and Slopes9b Grand Fir Mixed Forest9c Oak/Conifer Foothills
9 Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills
15g Western Okanogan Semiarid Foothills
15h High Northern Rockies
15r Okanogan-Colville Xeric Valleys and Foothills
15s Spokane Valley Outwash Plains
15u Inland Maritime Foothills and Valleys
15v Northern Idaho Hills and Low Relief Mountains
15w Western Selkirk Maritime Forest
15 Northern Rockies
15x Okanogan Highland Dry Forest
15y Selkirk Mountains
77a North Cascades Lowland Forests
77b North Cascades Highland Forests
77c North Cascades Subalpine/Alpine
77d Pasayten/Sawtooth Highlands
77e Okanogan Pine/Fir Hills
77f Chelan Tephra Hills
77g Wenatchee/Chelan Highlands
77h Chiwaukum Hills and Lowlands
77i High Olympics
77 North Cascades
Level III ecoregionLevel IV ecoregionCounty boundaryState boundaryInternational boundary
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Pater, D.E., S.A. Bryce, T.D. Thorson, J. Kagan, C. Chappell, J.M. Omernik, S.H. Azevedo, and A. J. Woods. 1998. Ecoregions of Western Washington and Oregon (2 sided color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs). U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. Scale 1:1,350,000.
Clarke, S.E. and S.A. Bryce. 1997. Hierarchical subdivisions of the Columbia Plateau & Blue Mountains ecoregions, Oregon & Washington. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-395. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. 114p.
Thorson, T.D., S.A. Bryce, D.A. Lammers, A.J. Woods, J.M. Omernik, J. Kagan, D.E. Pater, and J.A. Comstock. 2003. Ecoregions of Oregon. (2 sided color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs). U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. Scale 1:1,500,000.
Publications:
McGrath, C.L., A.J. Woods, J.M. Omernik, S.A. Bryce, M. Edmondson, J.A. Nesser, J. Shelden, R.C. Crawford, J.A. Comstock, and M.D. Plocher. 2002. Ecoregions of Idaho. (2 sided color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs).U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. Scale 1:1,350,000.
Ecoregion information is available at: http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/ecoregions.htm.
Ecoregions denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmentalresources. They are designed to serve as a spatial framework for the research, assessment, management, and monitoring ofecosystems and ecosystem components. These general purpose regions are critical for structuring and implementingecosystem management strategies across federal agencies, state agencies, and non-governmental organizations that areresponsible for different types of resources within the same geographical areas. The approach used to compile this map isbased on the premise that ecological regions can be identified through the analysis of patterns of biotic and abioticphenomena, including geology, physiography, vegetation, climate, soils, land use, wildlife, and hydrology. The relativeimportance of each characteristic varies from one ecological region to another regardless of the hierarchical level. TheEcoregions of Washington map was compiled at a scale of 1:250,000, as part of the US EPA framework of ecological regions.Although there have been differences in conceptual approaches and mapping methodologies used by the USDA–ForestService, USDA–NRCS, and US EPA to develop the most common ecoregion-type frameworks, collaboration on refinementof these frameworks is a step toward attaining consensus and consistency in ecoregion frameworks for the entire nation.Comments regarding this map should be addressed to James Omernik, U.S. Geological Survey, 200 SW 35th Street,Corvallis, OR 97333, (541) 754-4458, [email protected]; or Glenn Griffith, Dynamac Corp., c/o US EPA, 200 SW35th Street, Corvallis, OR 97333, (541) 754-4465, [email protected].
Level III and IV Ecoregions of WashingtonJune, 2010
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