land use and land cover Flashcards

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land use

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is human assigned purposes to the land this can be used to produce change or maintain it

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land cover

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is the altered over time by processes such as geomorphological events, plant succession, fires and pests, land cover includes biomes such as forests, grasslands, tundra and wetlands

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the differnce

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The difference between the two is land cover is about the natural features of the earth surface whereas land use is the human assigned purpose to the land.

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