Land cover of Brazil

land cover

Annual and high-resolution land cover of Brazil

Details

This product belongs to the Brazilian Annual Land Use and Land Cover Mapping Project, producing the first annual, high-resolution land cover dataset of Brazil. It was derived through the classification of dense time-series of Landsat acquisitions, and mapped with a 30-m resolution.

Subdatasets

amazonia | Land cover of the Amazonia region
content description
1 Forest
3 Forest Formation
4 Savanna Formation
5 Mangrove
9 Forest Plantation
10 Non Forest Natural Formation
11 Wetlands
12 Grassland
13 Other non Forest Formations
14 Farming
15 Pasture
18 Agriculture
19 Temporary Crop
20 Sugar cane
21 Mosaic Agriculture and Pasture
22 Non vegetated Area
23 Beach, Dune and Sand Spot
24 Urban Area
25 Other non Vegetaded Areas
26 Water
27 Non Observed
29 Rocky Outcrop
30 Mining
31 Aquaculture
32 Salt Flat
33 River,Lake and Ocean
36 Perennial Corp
39 Soybean
40 Rice
41 Other temporary Crops
46 Coffee
47 Citrus
48 Other Perennial Crop
49 Wooded Restinga
cerrado | Land cover of the Cerrado region
content description
1 Forest
3 Forest Formation
4 Savanna Formation
5 Mangrove
9 Forest Plantation
10 Non Forest Natural Formation
11 Wetlands
12 Grassland
13 Other non Forest Formations
14 Farming
15 Pasture
18 Agriculture
19 Temporary Crop
20 Sugar cane
21 Mosaic Agriculture and Pasture
22 Non vegetated Area
23 Beach, Dune and Sand Spot
24 Urban Area
25 Other non Vegetaded Areas
26 Water
27 Non Observed
29 Rocky Outcrop
30 Mining
31 Aquaculture
32 Salt Flat
33 River,Lake and Ocean
36 Perennial Corp
39 Soybean
40 Rice
41 Other temporary Crops
46 Coffee
47 Citrus
48 Other Perennial Crop
49 Wooded Restinga
pampa | Land cover of the Pampa region
content description
1 Forest
3 Forest Formation
4 Savanna Formation
5 Mangrove
9 Forest Plantation
10 Non Forest Natural Formation
11 Wetlands
12 Grassland
13 Other non Forest Formations
14 Farming
15 Pasture
18 Agriculture
19 Temporary Crop
20 Sugar cane
21 Mosaic Agriculture and Pasture
22 Non vegetated Area
23 Beach, Dune and Sand Spot
24 Urban Area
25 Other non Vegetaded Areas
26 Water
27 Non Observed
29 Rocky Outcrop
30 Mining
31 Aquaculture
32 Salt Flat
33 River,Lake and Ocean
36 Perennial Corp
39 Soybean
40 Rice
41 Other temporary Crops
46 Coffee
47 Citrus
48 Other Perennial Crop
49 Wooded Restinga
pantanal | Land cover of the Pantanal region
content description
1 Forest
3 Forest Formation
4 Savanna Formation
5 Mangrove
9 Forest Plantation
10 Non Forest Natural Formation
11 Wetlands
12 Grassland
13 Other non Forest Formations
14 Farming
15 Pasture
18 Agriculture
19 Temporary Crop
20 Sugar cane
21 Mosaic Agriculture and Pasture
22 Non vegetated Area
23 Beach, Dune and Sand Spot
24 Urban Area
25 Other non Vegetaded Areas
26 Water
27 Non Observed
29 Rocky Outcrop
30 Mining
31 Aquaculture
32 Salt Flat
33 River,Lake and Ocean
36 Perennial Corp
39 Soybean
40 Rice
41 Other temporary Crops
46 Coffee
47 Citrus
48 Other Perennial Crop
49 Wooded Restinga
mataatlantica | Land cover of the Mata Atlantica region
content description
1 Forest
3 Forest Formation
4 Savanna Formation
5 Mangrove
9 Forest Plantation
10 Non Forest Natural Formation
11 Wetlands
12 Grassland
13 Other non Forest Formations
14 Farming
15 Pasture
18 Agriculture
19 Temporary Crop
20 Sugar cane
21 Mosaic Agriculture and Pasture
22 Non vegetated Area
23 Beach, Dune and Sand Spot
24 Urban Area
25 Other non Vegetaded Areas
26 Water
27 Non Observed
29 Rocky Outcrop
30 Mining
31 Aquaculture
32 Salt Flat
33 River,Lake and Ocean
36 Perennial Corp
39 Soybean
40 Rice
41 Other temporary Crops
46 Coffee
47 Citrus
48 Other Perennial Crop
49 Wooded Restinga

masDMT query

# data call without specifying subdataset and resolution
list_data("mapBiomas")

# data call for specific subdataset 
list_data("mapBiomas/amazonia")

# data call to subdataset with a specific resolution
list_data("mapBiomas/amazonia/30m")

References

(bibtex)

[1] (2021)