A framework for broad‐scale classification of hydrologic response units on the Boreal Plain: is topography the last thing to consider?

K. Devito,1* I. Creed,2 T. Gan,3 C. Mendoza,4 R. Petrone,5 U. Silins6 and B. Smerdon4 1 University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada 2 University of Western Ontario, Department of Biology, London, Ontario, Canada 3 University of Alberta, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada 4 University of Alberta, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada 5 Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 6 University of Alberta, Department of Renewable Resources, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H1, Canada

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