NALT

Preferred term

land cover

Topic

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.

land

land-cover
landcover

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

59835

Spanish

cobertura de la tierra

URI

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

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Created 11/2/11, last modified 9/5/19