LULC Categories

Description

Cashew Plantations

Cashew nut plantation.

Light Forests

It is a tree formation with elements spaced far enough apart for the ground to receive more light than shade.

Shrubs

Is a small- to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground… They are distinguished from trees by their multiple stems and shorter height, less than 6 m - 10 m.

Herbaceous Savannas

Grassy formation consisting of a mat of tall grasses measuring, at the end of the growing season, at least 80 cm in height, with flat leaves arranged at the base or on the culms, smaller grasses and herbaceous plants.

Water

These are the permanent watercourses.

Bare Floors/Habitat

Urbanized areas and roads as well as land covered by buildings and other man-made structures but also empty land without vegetation.

Burns

These are the areas that have been burned.