The Africa land cover map is a regional component of the GLC2000 exercise, conceived and coordinated by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.

From the Africa land cover map, which is a regional component of the GLC2000 exercise, conceived and coordinated by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. The GLC2000 maps are based on daily observations made from 1st November 1999 to 31st December 2000 by the VEGETATION sensor on the SPOT 4 satellite.

Legend- definition of the Gray index value:

-11: post-flooding or irrigated croplands

-14: rainfed croplands

-20: mosaic cropland (50-70%) / Vegetation (grassland, shrubland, forest) (20-50%)

-30: mosaic vegetation (grassland, shrubland, forest) (50-70%) / cropland (20-50%)

-40: closed to open (>15%) broadleaved evergreen and/or semi-deciduous forest (>5m)

-50: closed (>40%) broadleaved deciduous forest (>5m)

-60: open (15-40%) broadleaved deciduous forest (>5m)

-70: closed (>40%) needleleaved evergreen forest (5m)

-90: open (15-40%) needleleaved deciduous or evergreen forest (5m)

-100: closed to open (>15%) mixed broadleaved and needleleaved forest (>5m)

-110: mosaic forest / shrubland (50-70%) / grassland (20-50%)

-120: mosaic grassland (50-70%) / forest/shrubland (20-50%)

-130: closed to open (>15%) shrubland (<5m)

-140: closed to open (>15%) grassland

-150: sparse (>15%) vegetation (woody vegetation, shrubs, grassland)

-160: closed (>40) broadleaved forest regularly flooded- fresh water

-170: closed (>40%) broadleaved semi-deciduous and/or evergreen forest regularly flooded- saline water

-180: closed to open (>15%) vegetation (grassland, shrubland, woody vegetation) on regularly flooded or waterlogged soil- fresh, brackish or saline water

-190: artificial surfaces and associated areas (urban areas >50%)

-200: bare areas

-210: water bodies

-220: permanent snow and ice