Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Tim Brabets Publication_Date: 1998 Publication_Time: Title: Physiographic Regions of the Cook Inlet Basin - NAWQA Edition: 1 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Series_Name Issue_Identification Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Anchorage Publisher: USGS Other_Citation_Details: Online_Linkage: Description: Abstract: nawqa_phys is a polygon coverage of the physiographic divisions within the Cook Inlet Basin, National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) study unit. The coverage was created from a statewide coverage of physiographic divisions based on USGS Professional Paper 482. Purpose: The purpose of nawqa_phys is to give a general overview of the different physiographic divisions that exist in the Cook Inlet Basin. This coverage, along with several other coverages of the Cook Inlet Basin, will be used to help determine water-quality sampling locations. Limitations_of_Data: The coverage was developed at a 1:2,000,000 scale. Thus, caution should be used at smaller scales. Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The polygon attribute table contains the standard items with an additional item name CODE. CODE has a value from 0 to 5. The following physiographic units are associated with these values for CODE: 0 - Water; 1 - Extremely high rugged mountains; 2 - Moderately high rugged mountains; 3 - Low mountains, generally rolling; 4 - Plateaus and highlands of rolling topography and gentle slopes; 5 - Plains and lowlands. Procedures_Used: nawqa_phys was created from a statewide coverage of the physiographic divisions of Alaska. The drainage basin boundaries of the Cook Inlet Basin, developed from 1:250,000 quadrangle maps, were used as the boundaries of the coverage. Revisions: No revisions are planned for this dataset. Reviews_Applied_to_Data: The coverage was reviewed by Tim Brabets and Roy Glass by comparing a plot of the coverage to the map contained in USGS Professional Paper 482. Roy Glass reviewed the documentation. An editorial review of the documentation was done by Liska Snyder. Related_Spatial_and_Tabular_Data_Sets: None. References_Cited: Wahrhaftig, C., 1965, Physiographic divisions of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 482, 50 p. 6 plates. Notes: None Currentness_Reference: Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: No updates are planned. 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Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon topology present. 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Attribute_Definition: Polygon attribute table Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Professional Paper 482 Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: - Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: AREA Attribute_Definition: Area of poly/region in square coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: PERIMETER Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: NAWQA_PHYS# Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: NAWQA_PHYS-ID Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Attribute: Attribute_Label: CODE Attribute_Definition: CODE determines the type physiographic unit Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Any interger from 0 to 5 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Not Available Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Tim Brabets Contact_Organization: USGS-WRD Contact_Position: Hydrologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 4230 University Drive, Suite 201 City: Anchorage State_or_Province: AK Postal_Code: 99508 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907-786-7105 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 907-786-7150 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tbrabets@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: 8:00 - 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