land cover

Question 1

land cover

Answer 1

the observed biophysical cover on the earths surface.

Question 2

cultivated + managed

Answer 2

natural vegetation removed + replaced with another type of vegetation.

-human activity is needed to sustain this land cover
-plantations + crop farms

Question 3

natural + semi-natural vegetation

Answer 3

natural vegetation is based on climate, soil, landform, hydrology

-usually indigenous/native
-semi-natural is influenced by human activity
-includes regrowth
eg. grazing, selective logging

Question 4

cultivated aquatic + regularly flooded

Answer 4

aquatic crop, purposely planted, cultivated + harvested

-also includes irrigated areas, eg wet rice paddies
-regular seasonal rains, monsoon, floods, cyclones all contribute to regular flooded areas
-remains largely unused due to loss of soils + short growing seasons.

Question 5

natural + semi-natural aquatic

Answer 5

natural vegetation adapted to water close to or on the surface

-mangroves + wetlands

Question 6

artificial surfaces

Answer 6

pretty much only human construction

-buildings, roads, mines, landfills, rails etc

Question 7

bare areas

Answer 7

an area with less than 4% vegetation cover.

-both hot + cold deserts
-salt-pans, rocky coasts, bad lands

Question 8

artificial water bodies, snow + ice

Answer 8

dams that form reservoirs

-weirs to control flow, canals + snow machines

Question 9

natural water bodies, snow + ice

Answer 9

collection of water, either fresh or sold, solid and liquid

-oceans
-seas
-lakes
-rivers
-glaciers
-ice sheets