file title : Bailey Ecoregions of the Continents data type : byte file type : binary columns : 2160 rows : 1080 ref. system : Latlong ref. units : deg unit dist. : 1 min. X : -180 max. X : 180 min. Y : -90 max. Y : 90 pos'n error : unknown resolution : .5 min. value : 0 max. value : 100 value units : classes value error : unknown flag value : none flag def'n : none legend cats : 101 category 0 : 0 [background] category 1 : 1 POLAR DOMAIN: ICECAP DIVISION: category 2 : 2 POLAR DOMAIN: ICECAP REGIME MOUNTAINS: category 3 : 3 POLAR DOMAIN: SUBARCTIC DIVISION: CONTINENTAL DARK EVERGREEN NEEDLELEAF OPEN FOREST category 4 : 4 POLAR DOMAIN: SUBARCTIC DIVISION: CONTINENTAL LIGHT DECIDUOUS NEEDLELEAF OPEN FOREST category 5 : 5 POLAR DOMAIN: SUBARCTIC DIVISION: EASTERN OCEANIC TAYGA category 6 : 6 POLAR DOMAIN: SUBARCTIC DIVISION: MODERATE CONTINENTAL DARK EVERGREEN NEEDLELEAF TAYGA category 7 : 7 POLAR DOMAIN: SUBARCTIC DIVISION: CONTINENTAL DARK EVERGREEN NEEDLELEAF TAYGA category 8 : 8 POLAR DOMAIN: SUBARCTIC DIVISION: CONTINENTAL AND EXTREME CONTINENTAL LIGHT DECIDUOUS TAYGA category 9 : 9 POLAR DOMAIN: SUBARCTIC DIVISION: MODERATE CONTINENTAL SMALL-LEAFED FOREST category 10 : 10 POLAR DOMAIN: SUBARCTIC DIVISION: CONTINENTAL MIXED CONIFEROUS AND SMALL-LEAFED FOREST category 11 : 11 POLAR DOMAIN: SUBARCTIC REGIME MOUNTAINS: OPEN WOODLAND-TUNDRA category 12 : 12 POLAR DOMAIN: SUBARCTIC REGIME MOUNTAINS: OPEN WOODLAND-CREEPING TREES-TUNDRA category 13 : 13 POLAR DOMAIN: SUBARCTIC REGIME MOUNTAINS: FOREST-TUNDRA OF MODERATELY AND CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 14 : 14 POLAR DOMAIN: SUBARCTIC REGIME MOUNTAINS: FOREST-CREEPING TREES-TUNDRA OF EXTREME CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 15 : 15 POLAR DOMAIN: SUBARCTIC REGIME MOUNTAINS: OCEANIC FOREST-TUNDRA category 16 : 16 POLAR DOMAIN: TUNDRA DIVISION: POLAR DESERTS category 17 : 17 POLAR DOMAIN: TUNDRA DIVISION: ARCTIC TUNDRAS category 18 : 18 POLAR DOMAIN: TUNDRA DIVISION: OCEANIC MOSS-AND-GRASS TUNDRA category 19 : 19 POLAR DOMAIN: TUNDRA DIVISION: CONTINENTAL MOSS-AND-LICHEN (TYPICAL) TUNDRA category 20 : 20 POLAR DOMAIN: TUNDRA DIVISION: CONTINENTAL BUSH-AND-SHRUB TUNDRA category 21 : 21 POLAR DOMAIN: TUNDRA REGIME MOUNTAINS: TUNDRA-POLAR DESERT category 22 : 22 POLAR DOMAIN: TUNDRA REGIME MOUNTAINS: POLAR DESERT category 23 : 23 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: HOT CONTINENTAL DIVISION: PERMANENTLY HUMID EASTERN OCEANIC BROADLEAF FORESTS category 24 : 24 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: HOT CONTINENTAL DIVISION: MODERATELY HUMID BROADLEAF FOREST IN MODERATELY CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 25 : 25 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: HOT CONTINENTAL REGIME MOUNTAINS: FOREST-ALPINE MEADOWS category 26 : 26 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: MARINE DIVISION: OCEANIC MEADOW category 27 : 27 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: MARINE DIVISION: WESTERN OCEANIC CONIFEROUS AND MIXED FORESTS category 28 : 28 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: MARINE DIVISION: PERMANENTLY HUMID WESTERN OCEANIC BROADLEAF FORESTS category 29 : 29 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: MARINE DIVISION: WESTERN OCEANIC TAYGA category 30 : 30 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: MARINE REGIME MOUNTAINS: OCEANIC MEADOW-TUNDRA category 31 : 31 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: MARINE REGIME MOUNTAINS: OCEANIC FOREST-TUNDRA category 32 : 32 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: MARINE REGIME MOUNTAINS: FOREST-ALPINE MEADOWS category 33 : 33 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: MEDITERRANEAN DIVISION: WESTERN OCEANIC MIXED SCLEROPHYLL FORESTS AND SHRUB category 34 : 34 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: MEDITERRANEAN DIVISION: DRY STEPPES AND SHRUB OF MODERATE CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 35 : 35 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: MEDITERRANEAN REGIME MOUNTAINS: FOREST-ALPINE MEADOWS OF WESTERN OCEANIC (MEDITERRANEAN) CLIMATE category 36 : 36 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: MEDITERRANEAN REGIME MOUNTAINS: SHRUB-FOREST-MEADOW OF MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE category 37 : 37 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: PRAIRIE DIVISION: TEMPERATE PRAIRIES (HUMID STEPPES AND WOODED STEPPES) OF EASTERN PARTS OF CONTINENTS category 38 : 38 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: PRAIRIE DIVISION: BROADLEAF-WOODED STEPPES AND MEADOW STEPPES OF MODERATELY CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 39 : 39 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: PRAIRIE DIVISION: SMALL-LEAFED AND CONIFEROUS WOODED STEPPES OF CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 40 : 40 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: PRAIRIE DIVISION: OPEN WOODLAND, SAVANNAS, AND SHRUB OF EASTERN PARTS OF CONTINENTS category 41 : 41 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: PRAIRIE DIVISION: SUBTROPICAL PRAIRIES (HUMID STEPPES AND WOODED STEPPES) OF EASTERN PARTS OF CONTINENTS category 42 : 42 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: PRAIRIE REGIME MOUNTAINS: CONTINENTAL STEPPE-FOREST-TUNDRA AND STEPPE-FOREST-MEADOW category 43 : 43 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: PRAIRIE REGIME MOUNTAINS: FOREST-ALPINE MEADOWS category 44 : 44 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: SUBTROPICAL DIVISION: OCEANIC MIXED CONSTANTLY HUMID FORESTS category 45 : 45 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: SUBTROPICAL REGIME MOUNTAINS: FOREST-MEADOW OF EASTERN OCEANIC (MONSOON CLIMATE) category 46 : 46 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: SUBTROPICAL REGIME MOUNTAINS: OCEANIC CONSTANTLY HUMID FOREST-ALPINE MEADOWS category 47 : 47 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: WARM CONTINENTAL DIVISION: EASTERN OCEANIC MIXED MONSOON FOREST category 48 : 48 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: WARM CONTINENTAL DIVISION: MODERATE CONTINENTAL MIXED FORESTS category 49 : 49 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: WARM CONTINENTAL REGIME MOUNTAINS: OCEANIC FOREST-TUNDRA category 50 : 50 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: WARM CONTINENTAL REGIME MOUNTAINS: OCEANIC FOREST-CREEPING TREES category 51 : 51 HUMID TEMPERATE DOMAIN: WARM CONTINENTAL REGIME MOUNTAINS: FOREST-TUNDRA OF MODERATELY CONTINENTAL AND CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 52 : 52 DRY DOMAIN: TEMPERATE DESERT DIVISION: SEMI-DESERTS AND DESERTS OF CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 53 : 53 DRY DOMAIN: TEMPERATE DESERT DIVISION: SEMI-DESERTS OF CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 54 : 54 DRY DOMAIN: TEMPERATE DESERT DIVISION: DESERTS OF CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 55 : 55 DRY DOMAIN: TEMPERATE DESERT DIVISION: SEMI-DESERTS OF EXTREME CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 56 : 56 DRY DOMAIN: TEMPERATE DESERT DIVISION: DESERTS OF EXTREME CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 57 : 57 DRY DOMAIN: TEMPERATE DESERT REGIME MOUNTAINS: EXTREME CONTINENTAL DESERT-STEPPE category 58 : 58 DRY DOMAIN: TEMPERATE STEPPE DIVISION: DRY STEPPES OF CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 59 : 59 DRY DOMAIN: TEMPERATE STEPPE DIVISION: STEPPES OF MODERATELY CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 60 : 60 DRY DOMAIN: TEMPERATE STEPPE DIVISION: DRY STEPPES OF EXTREME CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 61 : 61 DRY DOMAIN: TEMPERATE STEPPE REGIME MOUNTAINS: FOREST-ALPINE MEADOWS category 62 : 62 DRY DOMAIN: TEMPERATE STEPPE REGIME MOUNTAINS: CONTINENTAL OPEN WOODLAND-STEPPE category 63 : 63 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL DESERT DIVISION: SHRUB AND SEMI-SHRUB SEMI-DESERTS AND DESERTS OF CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 64 : 64 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL DESERT DIVISION: SEMI-DESERTS AND DESERTS category 65 : 65 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL DESERT DIVISION: INNER CONTINENTAL SHRUB SEMI-DESERT category 66 : 66 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL DESERT DIVISION: INNER CONTINENTAL DESERTS OF CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 67 : 67 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL DESERT DIVISION: WESTERN OCEANIC SEMI-DESERTS AND DESERTS WITH HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY category 68 : 68 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL DESERT DIVISION: INNER CONTINENTAL SEMI-DESERTS AND DESERTS OF EXTREME CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 69 : 69 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL DESERT REGIME MOUNTAINS: DESERT-STEPPE AND DESERT-STEPPE-DESERT OF CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 70 : 70 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL DESERT REGIME MOUNTAINS: EXTREME CONTINENTAL DESERT category 71 : 71 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL DESERT REGIME MOUNTAINS: DESERT-STEPPE category 72 : 72 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL DESERT REGIME MOUNTAINS: DESERT category 73 : 73 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL STEPPE DIVISION: STEPPES AND SHRUB OF MODERATE CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 74 : 74 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL STEPPE DIVISION: DRY STEPPES, OPEN WOODLAND, AND SHRUB OF CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 75 : 75 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL STEPPE DIVISION: SHRUB AND SEMI-SHRUB SEMI-DESERTS OF CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 76 : 76 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL STEPPE DIVISION: DESERT-LIKE SAVANNAS, OPEN WOODLAND, AND SHRUB category 77 : 77 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL STEPPE DIVISION: DRY STEPPES AND SHRUB OF MODERATE CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 78 : 78 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL STEPPE REGIME MOUNTAINS: FOREST-MEADOW-STEPPE OF CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 79 : 79 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL STEPPE REGIME MOUNTAINS: OPEN WOODLAND-STEPPE OF CONTINENTAL CLIMATE category 80 : 80 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL STEPPE REGIME MOUNTAINS: OPEN WOODLAND-SHRUB-DESERT category 81 : 81 DRY DOMAIN: TROPICAL/SUBTROPICAL STEPPE REGIME MOUNTAINS: OPEN WOODLAND-STEPPE category 82 : 82 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: RAINFOREST DIVISION: EASTERN OCEANIC CONSTANTLY HUMID FORESTS category 83 : 83 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: RAINFOREST DIVISION: MIXED FORESTS WITH SHORT DRY SEASON category 84 : 84 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: RAINFOREST DIVISION: CONSTANTLY HUMID EVERGREEN FORESTS category 85 : 85 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: RAINFOREST DIVISION: HUMID FORESTS WITH SHORT DRY SEASON category 86 : 86 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: RAINFOREST REGIME MOUNTAINS: FOREST-MEADOW OF CONSTANTLY HUMID EASTERN OCEANIC TYPE category 87 : 87 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: RAINFOREST REGIME MOUNTAINS: FOREST-PARAMO AND FOREST-MEADOW OF CONSTANTLY HUMID OCEANIC (AND WINDWARD-SLOPE) TYPE category 88 : 88 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: RAINFOREST REGIME MOUNTAINS: FOREST-PARAMO AND FOREST-MEADOW category 89 : 89 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: SAVANNA DIVISION: SEASONALLY HUMID MIXED (DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN) FORESTS category 90 : 90 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: SAVANNA DIVISION: SAVANNAS, OPEN WOODLAND AND SHRUB WITH SEASONAL MOISTURE SUPPLY category 91 : 91 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: SAVANNA DIVISION: SEASONALLY HUMID, PREDOMINANTLY DECIDUOUS FORESTS category 92 : 92 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: SAVANNA DIVISION: HUMID TALL-GRASS SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA FORESTS category 93 : 93 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: SAVANNA DIVISION: MODERATELY HUMID GRASSY SAVANNAS category 94 : 94 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: SAVANNA DIVISION: DRY SAVANNAS AND OPEN WOODLAND category 95 : 95 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: SAVANNA REGIME DIVISION: FOREST-STEPPE AND FOREST-MEADOW OF SEASONALLY HUMID TYPE category 96 : 96 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: SAVANNA REGIME DIVISION: FOREST-MEADOW, SEASONALLY HUMID category 97 : 97 HUMID TROPICAL DOMAIN: SAVANNA REGIME DIVISION: FOREST-STEPPE, INNER CONTINENTAL AND LEEWARD SLOPES category 98 : 98 [not used] category 99 : 99 [not used] category100 : 100 [Lakes] comment : classes are unique occurances from the original Arc/Info polygon a lineage : Projection corrected at the World Conservation Monitoring Center lineage : Converted from Arc/Info coverage at the National Geophysical Data lineage : Rasterized at 10-minute grid at the National Geophysical Data Cent