Landscape Mapping in the Mackenzie River Valley
Terrain over a wide area of the Mackenzie River valley was evaluated on the basis of vegetation-landform patterns, identifiable in air photographs as landscape units, which could be grouped into regions with climatic connotations. From a ground inspection of selected sites, it was shown that each la...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Arctic Institute of North America
1975
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| Online Access: | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65896 |
| Summary: | Terrain over a wide area of the Mackenzie River valley was evaluated on the basis of vegetation-landform patterns, identifiable in air photographs as landscape units, which could be grouped into regions with climatic connotations. From a ground inspection of selected sites, it was shown that each landscape unit comprised a complex of elements characterized by permafrost relationships. An evaluation of the terrain over a much wider area was extrapolated from the air photographs. Vegetation or landform alone did not permit of a satisfactory delineation of regions with climatic connotations, since they were both so diffusely distributed. |
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