R/wsc_drainages.R

In bcgov/bcmapsdata: BC Spatial Data For Use In 'bcmaps' Package

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#' Water Survey of Canada Sub-Sub-Drainage Areas
#'
#' For use in showing the 4th level drainages (sub-sub-drainages) in the national Drainage Area Framework and
#' for use in determining the Water Survey of Canada alphanumeric codes that are used in hydrometric station numbering.
#'
#' Atlas of Canada 1,000,000 National Frameworks Data, Hydrology - Drainage Areas (WSC sub-sub drainage areas)
#' from the Natural Resources Canada GeoGratis website. The dataset has been clipped to drainage areas within
#' or adjacent to B.C.
#'
#' @details Downloaded from Natural Resources Canada GeoGratis website (http://geogratis.gc.ca/api/en/nrcan-rncan/ess-sst/30b33615-6dda-51a5-a9dd-308802714a28.html)
#' and clipped to the area around B.C, then re-projected to BC Albers projection. Some attribute fields were removed, and other
#' attribute field names were changed.
#'
#'
#' @source Original data from
#'   \href{https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/water-survey-of-canada-sub-sub-drainage-areas}{DataBC},
#'    under the
#'   \href{http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada}{Open Government License - Canada} version 2.0.

"wsc_drainages"