Legend (Land_Cover)

Land Capability (0) Moderate limitations to the growth of commercial forests Moderately severe limitations to the growth of commercial forests No important limitations to the growth of commercial forests Severe limitations to the growth of commercial forest (Productivity 11 to 30 ft2/yr) Severe limitations to the growth of commercial forest (Productivity 31 to 50 ft2/yr) Severe limitations which preclude the growth of commercial forest Slight limitations to the growth of commercial forests <all other values> Surficial Geology (1) Alluvial Deposits Bedrock Colluvial Deposits Glaciofluvial Deposits (Kames and Eskers) Glaciofluvial Deposits (Outwash Fans) Glaciolacustrine Deposits Glaciomarine Deposits Hummocky Ground Morraine Lakes Marine Deposits Organic Deposits Residuum Silty Drumlin (Drumlin Facies) Silty Till Plain (Ground Moraine) Stony Drumlin (Drumlin Facies) Stony Till Plain (Ground Moraine) Forest Cover (2) Lake islands Mainland forested Mainland non forested Offshore Non - Land (Ocean, Coastal Habitat Areas, etc.) Offshore islands Ecological Land Classification (3) Coastal beach Dyke land Imperfectly drained, coarse textured soils on a smooth or flat terrain Imperfectly drained, coarse textured soils on drumlins or flutes Imperfectly drained, coarse textured soils on hilly terrain Imperfectly drained, coarse textured soils on hummocky terrain Imperfectly drained, coarse textured soils on ridged topography Imperfectly drained, coarse textured soils on steep slopes or canyons Imperfectly drained, fine textured soils on a smooth or flat terrain Imperfectly drained, fine textured soils on drumlins or flutes Imperfectly drained, fine textured soils on hilly terrain Imperfectly drained, fine textured soils on hummocky terrain Imperfectly drained, fine textured soils on ridged topography Imperfectly drained, fine textured soils on steep slopes or canyons Imperfectly drained, medium textured soils on a smooth or flat terrain Imperfectly drained, medium textured soils on drumlins or flutes Imperfectly drained, medium textured soils on hilly terrain Imperfectly drained, medium textured soils on hummocky terrain Imperfectly drained, medium textured soils on ridged topography Imperfectly drained, medium textured soils on steep slopes or canyons Inland water Poorly drained, coarse textured soils on drumlins or flutes Poorly drained, coarse textured soils on hilly terrain Poorly drained, coarse textured soils on hummocky terrain Poorly drained, coarse textured soils on ridged topography Poorly drained, coarse textured soils on steep slopes or canyons Poorly drained, fine textured soil on hilly terrain Poorly drained, fine textured soil on hummocky terrain Poorly drained, fine textured soil on ridged topography Poorly drained, fine textured soil on steep slopes or canyons Poorly drained, fine textured soils on drumlins or flutes Poorly drained, medium textured soil on drumlins or flutes Poorly drained, medium textured soil on hilly terrain Poorly drained, medium textured soil on hummocky terrain Poorly drained, medium textured soil on ridged topography Poorly drained, medium textured soil on steep slopes or canyons Poorly drained, organic soils on a smooth or flat terrain Salt marsh Urban Well drained, coarse textured soil on a smooth or flat terrain Well drained, coarse textured soil on drumlins or flutes Well drained, coarse textured soil on hilly terrain Well drained, coarse textured soil on hummocky terrain Well drained, coarse textured soil on ridged topography Well drained, coarse textured soil on steep slopes or canyons Well drained, fine textured soil on a smooth or flat terrain Well drained, fine textured soil on drumlins or flutes Well drained, fine textured soil on hilly terrain Well drained, fine textured soil on hummocky terrain Well drained, fine textured soil on ridged topography Well drained, fine textured soil on steep slopes or canyons Well drained, medium textured soil on a smooth or flat terrain Well drained, medium textured soil on drumlins or flutes Well drained, medium textured soil on hilly terrain Well drained, medium textured soil on hummocky terrain Well drained, medium textured soil on ridged topography Well drained, medium textured soil on steep slopes or canyons Detailed Soil Survey (4) Acadia Aspotogan Avonport Bayswater Berwick Bridgetown Bridgewater Bryden Canning Castley Coastal Beach Cobequid Cornwallis Cumberland Debert Diligence Dufferin Economy Eroded Land Farmville Fash Folly Gibraltar Glenmont Gulliver Halifax Hansford Hantsport Hebert Hopewell Horton Joggins Kentville Kingsport Kirkhill Kirkmount Lawrencetown Masstown Merigomish Middleton Millar Millbrook Mine Tailings Morristown Nictaux Not Surveyed Pelton Perch Lake Port Hebert Portapique Pugwash Queens Rockland Rodney Rossignol Rossway Salt Marsh Shulie Somerset Springhill Stewiacke Swamp Thom Torbrook Tormentine Truro Urban Land Water Westbrook Wolfville Woodbourne Woodville Wyvern Yarmouth Bedrock (5) Granite, granodiorite, quartz monzonite, minor granophyre; pegmatite, porphyry, aplite dykes; 9a Gypsum, anhydrite, limestone, shale, minor salt Shale, sandstone, arkose, conglomerate andesite, siltstone, slate basalt diorite, gabbro greywacke, minor argillite, shale, mica shist; 1a, argillite, 1b, slate with rare arenaceous bed quartz diabase quartzite, slate, siltstone, rhyolite, basalt, andestie, hornblende-feldspar gneiss shale, grit, sandstone, conglomerate shale, siltstone, quartzite; minor shaly limestone and iron formation shale, siltstone, slate slate, siltstone, minor argillite; 2a, minor cordierite schist; 2b, minor andalusite schist water