WATAB
Depth to water table, average

Definition

WATABDOM

Average depth to water table (dominant soil landscape)

WATABSUB

Average depth to water table (subdominant soil landscape)

Classification

CODE	CLASS	Description
1	0-2 m	Most shallow water table during growing season
2	2-3 m
3	>3 m
4	0-1 m	No difference during growing season
5	1-2 m
6	0-1 m	With perennially frozen subsoil
#	not applicable	(Water, ice, rock)
-	not identified

Source

This information was originally found in SLC verson 1.0. It was translated to version 2.2 using a polygon intersection approach (NSDB-ID=CAR016).

effective version 2.2 Source: adapted from Shields et al., 1991
Contact: Head, CanSIS