LAND AREA DATA AND AQUATIC AREA DATA
-- A COMPILATION --
Edition 1, March, 2004
by
Bruce Sundquist
724-327-8737
bsundquist1@windstream.net
Key Words:
Previous Editions: (None)
(1) - INTRODUCTION
[A] The referencing system, [B] Constrains on land classification and use (precipitation, elevation, slope, climate, soil type, etc.), [C] Productivities of Various Categories of Land, [D] National- and Region Data
(2) -- GLOBAL SCALE LAND- AND AQUATIC AREAS
(2-A) - Components of the Global Surface -
[1] Continental Areas, [2] Land Distribution by Elevation, [3] Fresh-water-covered Land, [4] Land Distribution by Vegetation Type before Human Disturbance, [5] Land Distribution by Current Vegetation Type, [6] Biologically Productive Lands, [7] Developing-, Developed- and Transition-Nation Land Area Data, [8] Land Distribution by Climate
(3) -
CROPLANDS AND PASTURES(4) -- FORESTED LANDS
(5) -- GRASSLANDS AND SEMI-ARID LANDS
(5-A) - Grasslands in General
[0] Grasslands in General, [1] Savanna, [2] Drylands, [3] Shrub-lands, [4] Grazing Lands, [5] Riparian Areas, [6] Conversions to Other Uses
(5-B) -- Rangelands
[1] Global, [2] Australia and Oceania, [3] Latin America, [4] U.S.
(5-C) -- Permanent (managed) Pastures
(6) - ARID LANDS AND OTHER BIOLOGICALLY NON-PRODUCTIVE LANDS
(7) - URBAN LANDS
(7-A) - Global and National Data
(7-B) - Parklands and Protected Areas
(8) - DEGRADED LANDS
(8-A) - Desertification
[1] Global, [2] Africa
(8-B) - Eroded Lands Generally
[1] Global, [2] Africa, [3] Southeast Asia, [4] Asian Sub-Continent, [5] Latin America, [6] Developing Countries, [7] Europe, [8] Middle East
(8-C) -- Ravine-Degraded and Gullied Lands
[1] Global, [2] Africa, [3] Asian Sub-Continent
(9) - AQUATIC AREAS AND WETLANDS
(9-A) - Key Habitat Aquatic Areas
[1] Coral Reefs, [2] Mangrove Swamps, [3] Aquatic Ecosystems Generally, [4] Sea Grasses, [5] Lakes and Rivers, [6] Continental Shelves
(9-B) - Wetlands
[1] Coastal Wetlands, [2] Wetlands in General
(9-C) - Land Used by Aquaculture
[1] Global Data, [2] Asia, [3] Latin America
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(se) Topsoil Loss -- Causes, Effects, Implications
(df) Forest Land Degradation - A Global Perspective
(og) Grazing Land Degradation: A Global Perspective
(ir) Irrigated Land Degradation: A Global Perspective
(fi) Fishery Degradation: A Global Perspective
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