Biogeographical regions

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Created : Nov 13, 2009 Published : Feb 16, 2006 Last modified : Jan 08, 2013 04:28 PM

Topics: Biodiversity ,

Europe 2005 - The bio-geographic regions dataset contains the official delineations used in the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and for the EMERALD Network set up under the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention)

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European data

Biogeographical regions colour codes

[+] Show table definition (records: 12)

Bio_code	Bio-geographic Region code	nvarchar (32)
Biogeo	Bio-geographic Region name	nvarchar(50)
Colour name	Colour name	nvarchar(510)
Htmlcolor	HTML color code	nvarchar(510)
Rgbcolor	RGB color code	nvarchar(510)

biogeo_color_code.csv (text/comma-separated-values)
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biogeo_color_code.dbf (dBASE document)
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biogeo_color_code.mdb (application/msaccess)
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biogeo_color_code.xls (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)
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GIS data

Zipped shapefile, vector data, polygon

biogeo_region2005.zip (ZIP archive)
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Zipped tiff files, 100m and 250m rasters

bg100m_250m_2005.zip (ZIP archive)
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Methodology

Methodology description (pdf format)

map_biogeo_regions_2006.pdf (PDF document)
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Metadata

Last upload:: 16 Feb 2006
Geographical coverage:
Tags:: vector data | Biogeographical region | geospatial data
Scale of the data set:: 1:10000000
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Council of Europe (CoE), Directorate-General for Environment (DG Environment).
Coordinate reference system:: EPSG:3035
Data sources: Bundesamt fur Naturschutz (BfN), 2003. Map of natural vegetation of Europe. Web site: http://www.bfn.de/. National data included.
Owners:: Council of Europe (CoE); Directorate-General for Environment (DG Environment)
Processors:: European Topic Centre on Nature Protection and Biodiversity (ETC/NPB)

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Additional information

Modifications adopted by the Bern Convention Standing Committee and approved by habitats Committee in 05-04/03. Version 3 incorporates digital data send by countries, therefore the polygons and lines in the map have different generalization levels. The changes in this version are: Lithuania: the whole country is in the Boreal region. Czech Republic: change in border between Continental and Pannonian regions. Slovak Republic: change in border between Alpine and Pannonian regions.
Geographical coverage note: Russian Federation covered to Ural. Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan partly covered.