WorldCover is a baseline land cover map of the world from the WorldCover Consortium and European Space Agency for the year 2021. The map contains 11 different land cover classes at 10m resolution. A brief summary of the item is not available. Add a brief summary about the item.
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Variable mapped: 11 land cover classes
Data Projection: WGS84 (WKID 4326)
Mosaic Projection: WGS84 (WKID 4326)
Extent: World
Cell Size: 8.33333333333333E-05 degrees (10m)
Source Type: 8 bit unsigned
Visible Scale: All scales are visible
Source: ESA (European Space Agency)
Publication Date: October 24, 2022
More Details from the WorldCover consortium: https://esa-worldcover.org/en
This class includes any geographic area dominated by trees with a cover of 10% or more. Other land cover classes (shrubs and/or herbs in the understorey, built-up, permanent water bodies, …) can be present below the canopy, even with a density higher than trees. Areas planted with trees for afforestation purposes and plantations (e.g. oil palm, olive trees) are included in this class. This class also includes tree covered areas seasonally or permanently flooded with fresh water except for mangroves.
20. Shrubland
This class includes any geographic area dominated by natural shrubs having a cover of 10% or more. Shrubs are defined as woody perennial plants with persistent and woody stems and without any defined main stem being less than 5 m tall. Trees can be present in scattered form if their cover is less than 10%. Herbaceous plants can also be present at any density. The shrub foliage can be either evergreen or deciduous.
30. Grassland
This class includes any geographic area dominated by natural herbaceous plants (Plants without persistent stem or shoots above ground and lacking definite firm structure): (grasslands, prairies, steppes, savannahs, pastures) with a cover of 10% or more, irrespective of different human and/or animal activities, such as: grazing, selective fire management etc. Woody plants (trees and/or shrubs) can be present assuming their cover is less than 10%. It may also contain uncultivated cropland areas (without harvest/ bare soil period) in the reference year.
40. Cropland
Land covered with annual cropland that is sowed/planted and harvestable at least once within the 12 months after the
sowing/planting date. The annual cropland produces an herbaceous cover and is sometimes combined with some tree or woody
vegetation. Note that perennial woody crops will be classified as the appropriate tree cover or shrub land cover type. Greenhouses are considered as built-up.
50. Built-up
Land covered by buildings, roads and other man-made structures such as railroads. Buildings include both residential and industrial building. Urban green (parks, sport facilities) is not included in this class. Waste dump deposits and extraction sites are considered as bare.
60. Bare or sparse vegetation
Lands with exposed soil, sand, or rocks and never has more than 10 % vegetated cover during any time of the year.
70. Snow and Ice
This class includes any geographic area covered by snow or glaciers persistently.
80. Permanent water bodies
This class includes any geographic area covered for most of the year (more than 9 months) by water bodies: lakes, reservoirs, and rivers. Can be either fresh or salt-water bodies. In some cases the water can be frozen for part of the year (less than 9 months).
90. Herbaceous wetland
Land dominated by natural herbaceous vegetation (cover of 10% or more) that is permanently or regularly flooded by fresh, brackish or salt water. It excludes unvegetated sediment (see 60), swamp forests (classified as tree cover) and mangroves see 95).
95. Mangroves
Taxonomically diverse, salt-tolerant tree and other plant species which thrive in intertidal zones of sheltered tropical shores,
"overwash" islands, and estuaries.
100. Moss and lichen
Land covered with lichens and/or mosses. Lichens are composite organisms formed from the symbiotic association of fungi and algae. Mosses contain photo-autotrophic land plants without true leaves, stems, roots but with leaf-and stemlike organs.
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Applicable: 2d
Size: 269,127.988 MB
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No acknowledgements.© ESA WorldCover project / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
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