LAND AREA DATA  AND  AQUATIC AREA DATA

-- A COMPILATION --

Edition 1, March, 2004 
by
Bruce Sundquist
724-327-8737
bsundquist1@windstream.net 

Key Words:
African forests, aquatic areas, arid lands, Asian forests, Australian forests, boreal forests, Canadian forests, coastal wetlands, coniferous forests, coral reefs, croplands, deciduous forests, desertification, deserts, drip irrigation, European forests, forest plantations, grass lands, groundwater, hyper-arid lands, irrigated lands, Latin American forests, Mangrove swamps, North American forests, parklands, pastures, rainforests, riparian areas, savannas, shrub-lands, softwood forests, temperate forests, temperate rainforests, tropical forests, urban lands

Previous Editions: (None)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

(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
(3-A) - Arable Lands in General
- [1] Fallowed croplands, [2] Land Areas Subject to Physical and Chemical Constraints for Use as Croplands, [3] Potentially Cultivatable Lands, [4] Conservation- and No-Till Croplands, [5] Slope Distribution of Croplands, [6] Current Inventories, [7] Cropland Distribution by Climate, [8] Loess Soil Regions
(3-B) - Irrigated Croplands - [1] Global, [2] Regional, [3] Historical, [4] Drip Irrigation, [5] Groundwater Issues, [6] Salination- and Waterlogging Issues, [7] Abandonment
(3-C) - Rainfed Croplands
(3-D) - Pastures

(4) -- FORESTED LANDS
(4-A) -- Forested Lands Generally
[1] Global, [2] Northern/Central Asia, [3] Europe, [4] Africa, [5] Canada, [6] U. S., [7] Latin America, [8] Australia and Oceania, [9] Southeast Asia, [10] Asian Sub-Continent, [11] Developing World, [12] Far East, [13] Central America
(4-B) - Classes of Forest Lands
[1] Plantations, [2] Boreal, [3] Tropical, [4] Temperate Rainforest, [5] Conversions to Non-Forest Uses

(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
(6-A) - Arid Lands
(6-B) - Hyper-Arid Lands and Deserts
[A] Global Data, [B] Africa, [C] Latin America, [D] Asia, [E] North America, [F] Oceania
(6-C) - 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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