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Gridded Vegetation Data

Vegetation/land use data at a 1 km resolution are available from
http://www.geog.umd.edu/landing/Research

Here we provide a clipped rectangle of that data set covering both the American River basin and Carson River basins. For more details about the data please refer to
http://www.geog.umd.edu/landing/Research

vegetationwestern.asc

These data are provided in geographic (lat/lon) coordinates.

Class value and description of the data are as follows:

    0 WATER (and Goode's interrupted space)
    1 EVERGREEN NEEDLELEAF FOREST
    2 EVERGREEN BROADLEAF FOREST
    3 DECIDUOUS NEEDLELEAF FOREST
    4 DECIDUOUS BROADLEAF FOREST
    5 MIXED FOREST
    6 WOODLAND
    7 WOODED GRASSLAND
    8 CLOSED SHRUBLAND
    9 OPEN SHRUBLAND
    10 GRASSLAND
    11 CROPLAND
    12 BARE GROUND
    13 URBAN AND BUILT-UP

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