US Physiography

CSP/ERGo/1_0/US/physiography
Dataset Availability
2006-01-24T00:00:00Z–2011-05-13T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.Image("CSP/ERGo/1_0/US/physiography")

Description

The Physiography dataset represents the spatial intersection of landforms (available in EE as ERGo/1_0/US/landforms) and lithology (available in EE as ERGo/1_0/US/lithology) data layers. It provides 247 unique combinations out of a possible 270. The values for each type are formed by concatenating the landform and lithology types (e.g., 1101 is "Peak/ridge" landform on "carbonate" lithology). This data layer is sometimes referred to as characterizing "land facets".

The landforms layer is based on the USGS's 10m NED DEM (available in EE as USGS/NED). The lithology layer is not basen on any DEM.

This dataset is provided just for the US, because of the availability of the lithology data layer, though these data are likely available for other countries.

Bands

Resolution
90 meters

Bands

Name Min Max Description
constant 1100 4220

Landforms and lithology intersection

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Citations

Citations:

  • Theobald, D. M., Harrison-Atlas, D., Monahan, W. B., & Albano, C. M. (2015). Ecologically-relevant maps of landforms and physiographic diversity for climate adaptation planning. PloS one, 10(12), e0143619

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.Image('CSP/ERGo/1_0/US/physiography');
var physiography = dataset.select('constant');
var physiographyVis = {
  min: 1100.0,
  max: 4220.0,
};
Map.setCenter(-105.4248, 40.5242, 8);
Map.addLayer(physiography, physiographyVis, 'Physiography');
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The Physiography dataset represents the spatial intersection of landforms (available in EE as ERGo/1_0/US/landforms) and lithology (available in EE as ERGo/1_0/US/lithology) data layers. It provides 247 unique combinations out of a possible 270. The values for each type are formed by concatenating the landform and lithology types (e.g., 1101 is …
CSP/ERGo/1_0/US/physiography, aspect,csp,elevation,ergo,geophysical,landforms,slope,topography,us
2006-01-24T00:00:00Z/2011-05-13T00:00:00Z
12.54 -132.09 56.21 -60.35
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