LandcoverDB CS Detail

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Catalogue of landcover classes:

Name Description Texture VMap0 equivalent FAO LCCS GlobCover CORINE landclass USGS value/code NOAA code
  • BASIC SURFACE
airport
  • Typical mixed/dry grass coverage around airfields
  • CORINE: Airports
  • CORINE German: Flughäfen
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124
rock
  • CORINE: Bare rock
  • NOAA: Bare Exposed Rock
  • CORINE German: Felsflächen ohne Vegetation
332 74
dirt 200
industrial
  • CORINE: Industrial or commercial units
  • NOAA: Industrial
  • CORINE German: Industrie/Gewerbeflächen
121 13
lake
  • VMap0: Inland Water, Perennial/Permanent
  • GlobCover: Water bodies
  • CORINE: Water bodies
  • USGS: Water Bodies
  • NOAA: Lakes
  • CORINE German: Wasserflächen
v0_lake 210 512 16/500 52
intermittentlake
  • VMap0: Inland Water, Non-Perennial/Intermittent/Fluctuating
v0_intermittentlake
lava
  • VMap0: Ground Surface Element, Lava
v0_lava
openmining
  • VMap0: Mine/Quarry
  • CORINE: Mineral extraction sites
  • NOAA: Strip Mines, Quarries, and Gravel Pits
  • CORINE German: Abbauflächen
131 75
town
  • VMap0: Built-Up Area (point feature)
  • CORINE: Discontinuous urban fabric
  • CORINE German: nicht durchgängig städtische Prägung
v0_town 112
urban
  • VMap0: Built-Up Area
  • GlobCover: Artificial surfaces and associated areas (Urban areas >50%)
  • CORINE: Continuous urban fabric
  • USGS: Urban and Built-Up Land
  • CORINE German: durchgängig städtische Prägung
v0_urban 190 111 1/100
  • SURFACE FEATURE
floodland
  • VMap0: Land Subject to Inundation
  • GlobCover: Closed to open (>15%) grassland or shrubland or woody vgt on regularly flooded or waterlogged soil, fresh, brakish or saline water
  • CORINE: Estuaries
  • USGS: Herbaceous Wetland
  • NOAA: Nonforested Wetland
  • CORINE German: Mündungsgebiete
v0_floodland 180 522 17/620 62
glacier
  • VMap0: Snow Field/Ice Field
  • GlobCover: Permanent Snow and Ice
  • CORINE: Glaciers and perpetual snow
  • USGS: Snow or Ice
  • NOAA: Glaciers
  • CORINE German: Gletscher/Dauerschneegebiet
v0_glacier 220 335 24/900 92
packice
  • VMap0: Pack Ice
v0_packice
polarice
  • VMap0: Polar Ice
v0_polarice
sand
  • VMap0: Ground Surface Element, Sand, Soil Wetness Condition: Unknown
  • CORINE: Beaches, dunes, and sand plains
  • NOAA: Sandy Areas Other than Beaches
  • CORINE German: Strände, Dünen, Sandflächen
v0_sand 331 73
N/A
  • NOAA: Beaches
72
  • LOW VEGETATION
barrencover
  • VMap0: Ground Surface Element, Distorted Surface
  • GlobCover: Sparse (<15%) vegetation
  • CORINE: Sparsely vegetated areas
  • USGS: Barren or Sparsely Vegetated
  • NOAA: Mixed Barren Land
  • CORINE German: Flächen mit spärlicher Vegetation
v0_barrencover 150 333 19/770 77
bog
  • VMap0: Bog
  • CORINE: Peatbogs
  • CORINE German: Torfmoore
v0_bog 412
golfcourse
  • CORINE: Sport and leisure facilities
  • CORINE German: Sport/Freizeitanlagen
142
grassland
  • VMap0: Grassland
  • GlobCover: Closed to open (>15%) grassland
  • USGS: Grassland
v0_grasscover 140 7/311
littoral
  • VMap0: Ground Surface Element, Sand, Wet
  • CORINE: Intertidal flats
  • CORINE German: In der Gezeitenzone liegende Flächen
v0_littoral 423
marsh
  • VMap0: Narsh/Swamp
  • CORINE: Inland marshes
  • CORINE German: Sümpfe
v0_marsh 411
  • MEDIUM VEGETATION
cropgrass
  • CORINE: Pastures
  • GlobCover: Mosaic vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (50-70%) / cropland (20-50%)
  • USGS: Cropland/Grassland Mosaic
  • NOAA: Cropland and Pasture
  • CORINE German: Wiesen und Weiden
30 231 5/280 21
drycrop
  • VMap0: Crop land, Dry Crops
  • GlobCover: Rainfed croplands
  • CORINE: Non-irrigated arable land
  • USGS: Dryland Cropland and Pasture
  • CORINE German: Nicht bewässertes Ackerland
v0_drycroppasturecover 10 211 2/211
irrcrop
  • VMap0: Crop land, Vegetation Characteristics: Other
  • GlobCover: Post-flooding or irrigated croplands
  • CORINE: Permanently irrigated land
  • USGS: Irrigated Cropland and Pasture
  • CORINE German: Regelmäßig bewässertes Ackerland
v0_irrcroppasturecover 11 212 3/212
mixedcrop
  • VMap0: Crop land, Vegetation Characteristics: Unknown
  • CORINE: Annual crops associated with permanent crops
  • USGS: Mixed Dryland/Irrigated Cropland and Pasture
  • NOAA: Other Agricultural Land
  • CORINE German: Einjähr. Kulturen in Verbindung mit Dauerkulturen
v0_mixedcroppasturecover 241 4/213 24
herbtundra
  • VMap0: Tundra
  • USGS: Herbaceous Tundra
  • NOAA: Herbaceous Tundra
v0_herbtundracover 20/820 82
scrub
  • VMap0: Scrub/Brush
  • GlobCover: Closed to open (>15%) shrubland (<5m)
  • CORINE: Transitional woodland shrub
  • USGS: Shrubland
  • NOAA: Shrub and Brush Rangeland
  • CORINE German: Wald/Strauch
v0_scrubcover 130 324 8/321 32
  • TALL VEGETATION
deciduousforest
  • VMap0: Trees, Deciduous
  • GlobCover: Closed (>40%) broadleaved deciduous forest (>5m)
  • CORINE: Broad-leaved forest
  • USGS: Deciduous Broadleaf Forest
  • NOAA: Deciduous Forest Land
  • CORINE German: Laubwälder
v0_deciduousbroadcover 50 311 11/411 41
N/A
  • GLobCover: Open (15-40%) needle-leaved deciduous or evergreen forest (>5m)
  • USGS: Deciduous Needleleaf Forest
90 12/412
N/A
  • GlobCover: Closed to open (>15%) broadleaved evergreen and/or semi-deciduous forest (>5m)
  • USGS: Evergreen Broadleaf Forest
40 13/421
evergreenforest
  • VMap0: Trees, Evergreen
  • GlobCover: Closed (>40%) needle-leaved evergreen forest (>5m)
  • CORINE: Coniferous forest
  • USGS: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest
  • NOAA: Evergreen Forest Land
  • CORINE German: Nadelwälder
v0_evergreenbroadcover 70 312 14/422 42
mixedforest
  • VMap0: Trees, Mixed Trees
  • GlobCover: Closed to open (>15%) mixed broadleaved and needleaved forest
  • CORINE: Mixed forest
  • USGS: Mixed Forest
  • NOAA: Mixed Forest Land
  • CORINE German: Mischwälder
v0_mixedforestcover 100 313 15/430 42
  • LINE
canal v0_canal
freeway v0_freeway
railroad1 v0_railroad1
railroad2 v0_railroad2
road v0_road
stream
  • VMap0: River/Stream, Perennial/Permanent
  • CORINE: Water courses
  • NOAA: Streams and Canals
  • CORINE German: Gewässerläufe
v0_stream 511 51
intermittentstream
  • VMap0: River/Stream, Non-Perennial/Intermittent/Fluctuating
v0_intermittentstream

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