WATBD
Water bodies estimated from LANDSAT imagery

Definition

Water bodies estimated from LANDSAT imagery, which are wholly contained within the polygon, in percentage coverage of entire polygon.

WATBDDOM

Water bodies (dominant soil landscape)

WATBDSUB

Water bodies (subdominant soil landscape)

Classification

CODE	CLASS	DESCRIPTION
F	Few	Water bodies cover 0-10% area of polygon
C	Common	Water bodies cover 11-25% area of polygon
M	Many	Water bodies cover 26-50% area of polygon
A	Abundant	Water bodies cover >50% area of polygon
#	Not applicable
-	not identified

Notes

1. Lakes and water bodies whose shorelines form polygon boundaries are not included.
2. For areas of the country not mapped in version 1.0, a value of "-" was assigned.

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