Landsat MSS image (bands 4, 5 and 7) of southwestern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta. Crop land and pasture are pink and red, respectively. The forest of the Cypress Hills is the dark red area across the center of the scene. The poorly vegetated area north of the Cypress Hills is the Great Sand Hills.

Strips of cereal crop and fallow land oriented perpendicular to the prevailing winds.

Classified subscene of Landsat MSS imagery from July, 1986; South Saskatchewan River valley, and adjacent prairie surface, upstream of Lake Defienbaker. Crop and fallow land are green and yellow, pasture is brown, shrub land is red, water is blue and unclassified area is black.

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