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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resources > land resources > land > land cover
Preferred Term:

land cover

Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
land
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • land-cover
  • landcover
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/149093
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RDF/XMLCreated 2011-11-02, last modified 2019-09-05
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