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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. natural resources
  3. land resources
  4. land
  5. land cover

Preferred term

land cover

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The physical materials characterizing the surface of land. These include trees, grasses or other vegetation, rocks as well as human-modified structures. Land cover is often observed by remote sensing technology.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • land-cover
  • landcover

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/149093

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