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General Landscape Characteristics

The percent of selected land cover types observed throughout the Great Lakes Basin is provided to acquaint the user of this browser with the extent of land that has been assessed by this project and the distribution of these land cover types throughout the GLB.

Sediment Flowing to Coastal Wetlands
(SOLEC ID: 4516)

Amount of sediment and other runoff constituents within surface waters that flow from headwaters to coastal wetlands in the coastal watersheds of the Great Lakes Basin.

Sediment Available for Coastal Nourishment
(SOLEC ID: 8142)

Amount of sediment in the coastal zone of the waters of the Great Lakes Basin.

Urban Density
(SOLEC ID: 7000)

Urban land area in the Great Lakes Basin.

Land Conversion
(SOLEC ID: 7002)

Amount of change from natural land cover types to human land use types in the Great Lakes Basin.

Habitat Adjacent to Coastal Wetlands
(SOLEC ID: 7055)

Amount and characteristics of habitat adjacent to coastal wetlands in the Great Lakes Basin.

Habitat Fragmentation
(SOLEC ID: 8114)

Amount of plant and animal habitat dissection in the Great Lakes Basin.

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