An access road is carved into the jungle and vegetation along the road systematically slashed to permit tilling of the soil. As the soil is insufficiently fertile to support intensive agriculture for any length of time, paths are carved perpendicular to the original access road to provide access to more land and the pattern repeated until the fishbone pattern emerges. Forest vegetation appears in deep green color.
Agricultural regions appear light green or magenta.
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