U.S. Land-Cover Composition in 2000

Figure 13.1

This figure appears in chapter 13 of the Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment report.

http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/sectors/land-use-and-land-cover-change/graphics/us-land-cover-composition-2000

Map shows regional differences in land cover. These patterns affect climate and will be affected by climate change. They also influence the vulnerability and resilience of communities to the effects of climate change (Figure source: USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center). (See Table 13.2 for definitions of mechanically and non-mechanically disturbed.)

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This figure was created on December 07, 2012.

This figure was derived from National Climate Assessment Technical Report on the Impacts of Climate and Land Use and Land Cover Change .

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