Canada1Water Classification of the National Hydro Network: Stream Order and Graph Refinement - download of the Pacific model - English (English, GPKG)

Canada1Water Classification of the National Hydro Network: Stream Order and Graph Refinement - download of the Pacific model - English: English GPKG file. From Natural Resources Canada, updated Feb 2025. View metadata, licence and the direct download on CanQuery.

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2025-02-17

A vector representation of stream networks is a crucial dataset for the modelling the surface water and groundwater components of the hydrologic cycle. For many usages a crucial attribute of the drainage network is a digital topology and hierarchal stream order attribute (e.g., Strahler stream order). In Canada jurisdictional stream networks are available for the provinces and territories and nationally for Canada in the National Hydrological Network (NHN) dataset. Unfortunately, the NHN data lacks the same topological and attribute information that is available for numerous provinces due to standardization for the entire country. For Canada1Water it was also necessary to have a harmonized dataset with the United States, for both the southern transboundary watersheds and the Alaskan watersheds. This report documents the processes completed to upgrade the topological and graph network support for NHN and provide continuous connectivity with US datasets. It also highlights and corrects a number of stream density and stream order issues that occur within Canada across provincial and territorial borders and NTS tiles. All vector processing was completed in RivEX software extension…

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