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Keywords: vegetation, barren, earth, grassland, manmade

the physical state of the land surface, including vegetation, soil, rock and human made structures, but specifically used in relation to vegetational changes, to describe the proportion of land covered by vegetation

deh.gov.au

Anything that exists on, and is visible from above, the earth's surface. Examples include vegetation, exposed or barren land, water, snow, and ice.

chesapeakebay.net

the physical state of the land, including the quantity and type of surface vegetation, water, and earth materials.

aag.org

refers to the properties of a portion of the surface of the earth. For example, we can describe an area as covered in grassland, forests, or desert.

cara.psu.edu

The observed physical and biological cover of the Earth's land as vegetation or man-made features.

efi.fi

Land cover generally refers to actual ground cover, eg, vegetation, crops, urban areas and open water. It also includes associations of the Earth's surface and its cover, such as forests, which are composites of various covers. The term reef zone is often used in reef mapping in place of land cover.

ceos.cnes.fr:8100

Material at the surface of Earth; basic land cover types include rock, sand, soil, vegetation, water, ice, and manmade materials.

ccpo.odu.edu

The ecological status and physical structure of vegetation on the land surface. What can be seen on the landscape - essentially the vegetation and other physical characteristics. Land cover is often mapped using remotely sensed data as cover types can be delineated based on appearance or their spectral reflectance.

epa.gov

Land cover is the physical material at the surface of the earth. Land covers include grass, asphalt, trees, bare ground, water, etc. There are two primary methods for capturing information on land cover: field survey and through analysis of remotely sensed imagery.

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Keywords: aerial, photographs, remotely, satellite, data

What can be seen remotely, from satellite data or aerial photographs.

cpc.unc.edu