LandcoverDB CS Detail

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Catalogue of landcover classes:

Name Explanation Texture VMap0 equivalent CORINE landclass USGS code
  • BASIC SURFACE
airport Typical mixed/dry grass coverage around airfields

German: Flughäfen

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124
rock Bare rock

German: Felsflächen ohne Vegetation

332
dirt
industrial Industrial or commercial units

German: Industrie/Gewerbeflächen

121
lake VMap0: Inland Water, Perennial/Permanent

USGS: Water Bodies German: Wasserflächen

v0_lake 512 500
intermittentlake VMap0: Inland Water, Non-Perennial/Intermittent/Fluctuating

German: Wasserflächen

v0_intermittentlake 512
lava VMap0: Ground Surface Element, Lava v0_lava
openmining VMap0: Mine/Quarry

German: Abbauflächen

131
town VMap0: Built-Up Area (point feature)

German: nicht durchgängig städtische Prägung

v0_town 112
urban VMap0: Built-Up Area

German: durchgängig städtische Prägung

v0_urban 111
  • SURFACE FEATURE
floodland VMap0: Land Subject to Inundation

German: Mündungsgebiete

v0_floodland 522
glacier VMap0: Snow Field/Ice Field

USGS: Snow or Ice German: Gletscher/Dauerschneegebiet

v0_glacier 335 900
packice VMap0: Pack Ice v0_packice
polarice VMap0: Polar Ice v0_polarice
sand: VMap0: Ground Surface Element, Sand, Soil Wetness Condition: Unknown

German: Strände, Dünen, Sandflächen

v0_sand 331
  • LOW VEGETATION
barrencover VMap0: Ground Surface Element, Distorted Surface

USGS: Barren or Sparsely Vegetated German: Flächen mit spärlicher Vegetation

v0_barrencover 333 770
bog VMap0: Bog

German: Torfmoore

v0_bog 412
golfcourse Sport and leisure facilities

German: Sport/Freizeitanlagen

142
grass VMap0: Grassland

USGS: Grassland German: Städtische Grünflächen

v0_grasscover 141 311
littoral VMap0: Ground Surface Element, Sand, Wet

German: In der Gezeitenzone liegende Flächen

v0_littoral 423
marsh VMap0: Narsh/Swamp

German: Sümpfe

v0_marsh 411
  • MEDIUM VEGETATION
cropgrass Pastures

USGS: Cropland/Grassland Mosaic German: Wiesen und Weiden

231 280
drycrop VMap0: Crop land, Dry Crops

USGS: Dryland Cropland and Pasture German: Nicht bewässertes Ackerland

v0_drycroppasturecover 211 211
irrcrop VMap0: Crop land, Vegetation Characteristics: Other

USGS: Irrigated Cropland and Pasture German: Regelmäßig bewässertes Ackerland

v0_irrcroppasturecover 212 212
mixedcrop VMap0: Crop land, Vegetation Characteristics: Unknown

USGS: Mixed Dryland/Irrigated Cropland and Pasture German: Komplexe Parzellenstruktur

v0_mixedcroppasturecover 242 213
herbtundra VMap0: Tundra

USGS: Herbaceous Tundra

v0_herbtundracover 820
scrub VMap0: Scrub/Brush

USGS: Shrubland German: Wald/Strauch

v0_scrubcover 324 321
  • TALL VEGETATION
deciduousforest VMap0: Trees, Deciduous

USGS: Deciduous Broadleaf Forest German: Laubwälder

v0_deciduousbroadcover 311 411
evergreenforest VMap0: Trees, Evergreen

USGS: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest German: Nadelwälder

v0_evergreenbroadcover 312 422
mixedforest VMap0: Trees, Mixed Trees

USGS: Mixed Forest German: Mischwälder

v0_mixedforestcover 313 430
  • LINE
canal v0_canal
freeway v0_freeway
railroad1 v0_railroad1
railroad2 v0_railroad2
road v0_road
stream VMap0: River/Stream, Perennial/Permanent

German: Gewässerläufe

v0_stream 511
intermittentstream VMap0: River/Stream, Non-Perennial/Intermittent/Fluctuating

German: Gewässerläufe

v0_intermittentstream 511