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Extent of salt marsh area and conserved area

Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 square kilometres Known salt marsh areaKnown salt marsh area Conserved salt marsh areaConserved salt marsh area
Source(s):
Valuing the salt marsh ecosystem: Developing ecosystem accounts and Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database.

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This is a bar clustered chart.

Extent of salt marsh area and conserved area, square kilometres
  Known salt marsh area Conserved salt marsh area
Pacific Ocean 809 264
Arctic Ocean 2,271 979
Atlantic Ocean 522 151
Source(s):
Valuing the salt marsh ecosystem: Developing ecosystem accounts and Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database.
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