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Summary
LEGEND for ECOLOGICAL MAP of the VEGETATION COVER OF TOGO
(Based on Landsat Images, UNEP/FAO 1977)

Class Class Name

(I Dry Continental Zone )
1 Semi-deciduous forest and deciduous forest
2 Tree savanna (dominant), woodland savanna and shrub savanna
3 Tree savanna and shrub savanna with high incidence ... of cultivation
*4 Complex of woodland (dominant), semi-deciduous forest (mainly
galleries), medium altitude woodland savanna, tree savanna and shrub
savanna.

(II Dry Coastal zone )

5 Degraded semi-deciduous forest with high incidence of cultivation
6 Tree savanna (dominant), woodland savanna and shrub savanna
7 Mosaic of cultivation and fallow derived from semi-deciduous forest
8 Riverain formations: relics of semi-deciduous forest, seasonally
inundated grassland, swamp grassland

(III Very Dry Continental zone )

9 Saxicoline shrub formations
10 Tree and shrub savanna with high incidence of cultivation
11 Woodland (protected) in a hydromorphic depression

(IV Sub-Humid zone at Medium Altitude )

12 Mosaic of semi-deciduous forest and deciduous forest, partly degraded
13 Medium altitude shrub savanna

(V Dry to Sib-Humid Zone at medium Altitude

*14 Riverain formations: woodland, palm grassland, seasonally
inundated grassland
15 Tree and shrub savanna with a high incidence of cultivation
(derived from #4)

17 Riverain formations (extra class)

* classes corrected from original map legend (switched)

Attached Raster(s):
Member_ID: 1
Raster Name: VEGETATION MAP OF TOGO FROM LANDSAT MSS IMAGERY
Raster Scale: 500000
Raster Projection: NOT KNOWN
Raster Projection_desc: LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES
Raster Resolution: 49
Number of Rows: 1106
Number of Columns: 431
Number of Bits: 8
Raster Summary:
OBTAINED FROM GRID-NAIROBI ON IBM/PC 5" DISKETTE; CONTAINS TOTAL OF 17 VEGE

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 11.0

S: 6.0

E: 1.0

W: 0.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Pilot Project On Tropical Forest Cover (UNEP/GEMS-FAO) Dataset Title: Ecological Map Of The Vegetation Cover of Togo Online Resource: http://www.grid.unep.ch/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1978-01-01 Stop Date: 1978-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > WESTERN AFRICA > TOGO

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > BIOMASS DYNAMICS > BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND PROTECTED AREAS BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION SPECIES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

Access Constraints
Public

Ancillary Keywords

VEGETATION VEGETATION TYPES

Data Center

Global Resource Information Database - Geneva, Division of Early Warning and Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme Data Center URL: http://www.grid.unep.ch/ Dataset ID: GNV65 Data Center Personnel Name: RONALD G. WITT Phone: (+41-22) 917-8294/5 Fax: (+41-22) 917-8029 Email: Ron.Witt at grid.unep.ch Contact Address: International Environment House City: Geneva Postal Code: CH-1219 Country: SWITZERLAND

Personnel

RONALD G. WITT Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: (+41-22) 917-8294/5 Fax: (+41-22) 917-8029 Email: Ron.Witt at grid.unep.ch Contact Address: International Environment House City: Geneva Postal Code: CH-1219 Country: SWITZERLAND

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1992-08-05 Last DIF Revision Date: 2002-03-05

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