EPA Level III ecoregions of the United States

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EPA Level III ecoregions of the United States are a nationwide ecological classification system that divides the country into distinct regions based on shared environmental characteristics such as climate, vegetation, geology, and land use.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States environmental framework
ecoregion classification system
environmental classification
abbreviation EPA Level III ecoregions of the United States self-linksurface differs
surface form: EPA Level III ecoregions
administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
basedOn climate
geology
land use
physiography
soils
vegetation
classificationType ecoregion hierarchy
country United States of America
surface form: United States
covers Alaska
Hawaii
U.S. territories (in some datasets)
contiguous United States
dataFormat GIS shapefiles
digital maps
developedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory

United States Environmental Protection Agency
surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development
groupedBy patterns of ecosystems
similar environmental characteristics
hasExampleRegion Central Appalachians ecoregion
Corn Belt
surface form: Central Corn Belt Plains ecoregion

Florida Peninsula
surface form: Florida Peninsula ecoregion

High Plains region
surface form: High Plains ecoregion

Arkansas Delta region
surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain ecoregion

Mojave Basin and Range ecoregion
Northern Lakes and Forests ecoregion
Northern Rocky Mountains
surface form: Northern Rockies ecoregion

Puget Sound lowland forests
surface form: Puget Lowland ecoregion

Sierra Nevada ecosystem
surface form: Sierra Nevada ecoregion

Atlantic coastal plain
surface form: Southern Coastal Plain ecoregion
hasHigherLevel EPA ecoregions of North America
surface form: EPA Level I ecoregions of North America

EPA ecoregions of North America
surface form: EPA Level II ecoregions of North America
hasLowerLevel EPA Level III ecoregions of the United States self-linksurface differs
surface form: EPA Level IV ecoregions of the United States
hasNumberOfRegions over 100
partOf EPA ecoregions of North America
publisher United States Environmental Protection Agency
surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
relatedTo Omernik ecoregions
scale intermediate
spatialResolution multi-state regional
usedFor biodiversity conservation planning
ecological research
environmental assessment
land-use planning
natural resource management
water quality assessment

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California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion recognizedBy EPA Level III ecoregions of the United States
Blackland Prairie recognizedBy EPA Level III ecoregions of the United States
this entity surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ecoregion framework
EPA Level III ecoregions of the United States abbreviation EPA Level III ecoregions of the United States self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: EPA Level III ecoregions
EPA Level III ecoregions of the United States hasLowerLevel EPA Level III ecoregions of the United States self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: EPA Level IV ecoregions of the United States