Water Erosion Risk
This map displays the risk of soil degradation by water in the agricultural region of Alberta. Water erosion is a concern because it reduces soil quality by removing soil particles and nutrients, and reduces water quality if these particles are carried into nearby water bodies. The map uses five classes to describe the water erosion risk on bare, unprotected mineral soil: negligible, low, moderate, high and severe.This resource was created using ArcGIS, originally published as a print map in 1993 .
- Publisher
- Government of Alberta
- Resources
- 6
- Catalogue metadata updated
- 2026-03-04
Data overview
- Formats
- ESRI REST, HTML, WMS
- File languages
- English
Official sources and licences
Resources
- Dataset (From Alberta Geodiscover Portal metadata) (English, HTML) HTML
- Original metadata (https://open.alberta.ca/opendata) (English, HTML) HTML
- Water Erosion Risk - (ESRI REST) (English) ESRI REST
- Water Erosion Risk - (ESRI REST) (English) ESRI REST
- Water Erosion Risk - (HTML) (English) HTML
- Water Erosion Risk - (OGC WMS) (English) WMS