Ecological classification
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Ecological classification
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an approach to categorizing and delineating, at different levelsof resolution, areas of land and water having similar characteristic combinations of thephysical environment (such as climate, geomorphic processes, geology, soil andhydrologic function), biological communities (plants, animals, microorganisms andpotential natural communities) and the human dimension (such as social, economic,cultural and infrastructure). [Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]
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