LandcoverDB CS Detail

== Catalogue of landcover classes: ==
Name 	Description	Texture	WMS RGB-values1	VMap0 equivalent, LandcoverDB VMap0	FAO LCCS	GlobCover	CORINE landclass	NLCD class	USGS value/code	NOAA code	ATKIS code
*BASIC FEATURE 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_urban 	
*VMap0: Built-Up Area 
*GlobCover: Artificial surfaces and associated areas (Urban areas >50%) 
*CORINE: Continuous urban fabric 
*NLCD: Developed, High Intensity
*USGS: Urban and Built-Up Land 
*CORINE German: durchgängig städtische Prägung	 	
211000000 	v0_urban 	 	190 	111 	24 	1/100 	11 	2111
cs_suburban 	
*NLCD: Developed, Medium Intensity
*NOAA: Mixed Urban or Built-up Land	 	 	 	 	 	 	23 	 	16 	
cs_town 	
*VMap0: Built-Up Area (point feature) 
*CORINE: Discontinuous urban fabric 
*NLCD: Developed, Low Intensity
*NOAA: Other Urban or Built-up Land 
*CORINE German: nicht durchgängig städtische Prägung	 	
 
239042071 	v0_town 	 	 	112 	22 	 	17 	
cs_industrial 	
*CORINE: Industrial or commercial units 
*NOAA: Industrial 
*CORINE German: Industrie/Gewerbeflächen	 	
 
211000155 	 	 	 	121 	 	 	13 	
cs_fishing 	
*VMap0: Fish Hatchery/Fish Farm/Marine Farm	 	085155239 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_transport 	
*CORINE: Road and railnetworks and associated land 
*NOAA: Transportation, Communications and Utilities 
*CORINE German: Straßen und Eisenbahn	 	
 
126126126 	 	 	 	122 	 	 	14 	
cs_port 	
*CORINE: Port areas 
*CORINE German: Hafengebiete	 	
 
155155211 	 	 	 	123 	 	 	 	
cs_asphalt 	
*Asphalt 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_airport 	
*Typical mixed/dry grass coverage around airfields 
*CORINE: Airports 
*CORINE German: Flughäfen	 	
 
099099099 	 	 	 	124 	 	 	 	
cs_openmining 	
*VMap0: Mine/Quarry 
*CORINE: Mineral extraction sites 
*NOAA: Strip Mines, Quarries, and Gravel Pits 
*CORINE German: Abbauflächen	 	
 
155071042 	 	 	 	131 	 	 	75 	
cs_dump 	
*CORINE: Dump sites 
*CORINE German: Deponien und Abraumhalden	 	
 
155013042 	 	 	 	132 	 	 	 	
cs_construction 	
*CORINE: Construction sites 
*CORINE German: Baustellen	 	
 
183099126 	 	 	 	133 	 	 	 	
cs_dirt 	
*GlobCover: Bare areas 
*NLCD: Barren Land (Rock/Sand/Clay)
*NOAA: Bare Ground	 	 	 	 	200 	 	31 	 	83 	
cs_rock 	
*CORINE: Bare rock 
*NOAA: Bare Exposed Rock 
*CORINE German: Felsflächen ohne Vegetation	 	
 
211211155 	 	 	 	332 	 	 	74 	
cs_lake 	
*VMap0: Inland Water, Perennial/Permanent 
*GlobCover: Water bodies 
*CORINE: Water bodies 
*NLCD: Open Water
*USGS: Water Bodies 
*NOAA: Lakes 
*CORINE German: Wasserflächen	 	
 
000155239 	v0_lake 	 	210 	512 	11 	16/500 	52 	
cs_intermittentlake 	
*VMap0: Inland Water, Non-Perennial/Intermittent/Fluctuating	 	 	v0_intermittentlake 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_watercourse 	
*CORINE: Water courses 
*CORINE German: Gewässerläufe	 	
 
000099239 	 	 	 	511 	 	 	 	
*SURFACE FEATURE 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_sand 	
*VMap0: Ground Surface Element, Sand, Soil Wetness Condition: Unknown 
*CORINE: Beaches, dunes, and sand plains 
*NOAA: Sandy Areas Other than Beaches 
*CORINE German: Strände, Dünen, Sandflächen	 	
 
239239183 	v0_sand 	 	 	331 	 	 	73 	
N/A 	
*NOAA: Beaches	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	72 	
cs_floodland 	
*VMap0: Land Subject to Inundation 
*GlobCover: Closed to open (>15%) grassland or shrubland or woody vgt on regularly flooded or waterlogged soil, fresh, brakish or saline water 
*NLCD: Wmergent Herbaceous Wetlands
*USGS: Herbaceous Wetland 
*NOAA: Nonforested Wetland	 	 	v0_floodland 	 	 	 	95 	17/620 	62 	
cs_lagoon 	
*CORINE: Coastal lagoons 
*CORINE German: Lagunen	 	
 
000211239 	 	 	 	521 	 	 	 	
cs_estuary 	
*CORINE: Estuaries 
*NOAA: Bays and Estuaries 
*CORINE German: Mündungsgebiet	 	
 
099211239 	 	 	 	522 	 	 	54 	
N/A 	
*CORINE: Sea and ocean 
*CORINE German: Meere und Ozeane	 	
 
159215248 	 	 	 	523 	 	 	 	
cs_saltmarsh 	
*CORINE: Salt marshes 
*CORINE German: Salzwiesen	 	
 
183126211 	 	 	 	421 	 	 	 	
cs_saline 	
*CORINE: Salines 
*NOAA: Dry Salt Flats 
*CORINE German: Salinen	 	
 
000000000 	 	 	 	422 	 	 	71 	
cs_littoral 	
*VMap0: Ground Surface Element, Sand, Wet 
*CORINE: Intertidal flats 
*CORINE German: In der Gezeitenzone liegende Flächen	 	
 
239183239 	v0_littoral 	 	 	423 	 	 	 	
cs_lava 	
*VMap0: Ground Surface Element, Lava	 	 	v0_lava 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_burnt 	
*CORINE: Burnt areas 
*CORINE German: Brandflächen	 	
 
000000000 	 	 	 	334 	 	 	 	
cs_glacier 	
*VMap0: Snow Field/Ice Field 
*GlobCover: Permanent Snow and Ice 
*CORINE: Glaciers and perpetual snow 
*NLCD: Perennial Ice/Snow
*USGS: Snow or Ice 
*NOAA: Glaciers 
*CORINE German: Gletscher/Dauerschneegebiet	 	
 
000000000 	v0_glacier 	 	220 	335 	12 	24/900 	92 	
cs_packice 	
*VMap0: Pack Ice	 	 	v0_packice 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_polarice 	
*VMap0: Polar Ice	 	 	v0_polarice 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
*LOW VEGETATION 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_barrencover 	
*VMap0: Ground Surface Element, Distorted Surface 
*GlobCover: Sparse (<15%) vegetation 
*CORINE: Sparsely vegetated areas 
*USGS: Barren or Sparsely Vegetated 
*NOAA: Mixed Barren Land 
*CORINE German: Flächen mit spärlicher Vegetation	 	
 
126211155 	v0_barrencover 	 	150 	333 	 	19/770 	77 	
cs_bog 	
*VMap0: Bog 
*CORINE: Peatbogs 
*CORINE German: Torfmoore	 	
 
126071211 	v0_bog 	 	 	412 	 	 	 	
cs_marsh 	
*VMap0: Marsh/Swamp 
*GlobCover: Closed (>40%) broadleaved forest regularly flooded, fresh water 
*CORINE: Inland marshes 
*NLCD: Woody Wetlands
*USGS: Wooded Wetland 
*NOAA: Forested Wetland 
*CORINE German: Sümpfe	 	
 
183071239 	v0_marsh 	 	160 	411 	90 	18/610 	61 	
cs_grassland 	
*Grass coverage, may be of agricultural use but not cultivated (see: 'cropgrass') - alternatively called 'grasscover' 
*VMap0: Grassland 
*GlobCover: Closed to open (>15%) grassland 
*CORINE: Natural grasslands 
*NLCD: Grassland/Herbaceous
*USGS: Grassland 
*GORINE German: Natürliches Grasland	 	
 
155183099 	v0_grasscover 	 	140 	321 	71 	7/311 	 	
cs_greenspace 	
*Grass coverage in municipal parks et. al. 
*CORINE: Green urban areas 
*NLCD: Developed, Open Space
*CORINE German: Städtische Grünflächen	 	
 
099239000 	 	 	 	141 	21 	 	 	
cs_golfcourse 	
*CORINE: Sport and leisure facilities 
*CORINE German: Sport/Freizeitanlagen	 	
 
239071000 	 	 	 	142 	 	 	 	
cs_cemetery 	
*Cemetery 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
*MEDIUM VEGETATION 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_cropgrass 	
*Agricultural grass coverage, explicitly cultivated 
*GlobCover: Mosaic vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (50-70%) / cropland (20-50%) 
*CORINE: Pastures 
*USGS: Cropland/Grassland Mosaic 
*NOAA: Cropland and Pasture 
*CORINE German: Wiesen und Weiden	 	
 
155211013 	 	 	30 	231 	 	5/280 	21 	
cs_drycrop 	
*VMap0: Crop land, Dry Crops 
*GlobCover: Rainfed croplands 
*CORINE: Non-irrigated arable land 
*NLCD: Pasture/Hay
*USGS: Dryland Cropland and Pasture 
*CORINE German: Nicht bewässertes Ackerland	 	
 
239239126 	v0_drycroppasturecover 	 	10 	211 	81 	2/211 	 	
cs_irrcrop 	
*VMap0: Crop land, Vegetation Characteristics: Other 
*GlobCover: Post-flooding or irrigated croplands 
*CORINE: Permanently irrigated land 
*USGS: Irrigated Cropland and Pasture 
*CORINE German: Regelmäßig bewässertes Ackerland	 	
 
000000000 	v0_irrcroppasturecover 	 	11 	212 	 	3/212 	 	
cs_vineyard 	
*CORINE: Vineyards 
*CORINE German: Weinbauflächen	 	
 
239155013 	 	 	11 	221 	 	3/212 	 	
cs_orchard 	
*CORINE: Fruit trees and berry plantations 
*CORINE German: Obst- und Beerenobstbestände	 	
 
239211155 	 	 	11 	222 	 	3/212 	 	
cs_olives 	
*CORINE: Olive groves 
*CORINE German: Olivenhaine	 	
 
000000000 	 	 	11 	223 	 	3/212 	 	
cs_rice 	
*CORINE: Rice fields	 	
 
000000000 	 	 	 	213 	 	 	 	
cs_mixedcrop 	
*VMap0: Crop land, Vegetation Characteristics: Unknown 
*CORINE: Annual crops associated with permanent crops 
*USGS: Mixed Dryland/Irrigated Cropland and Pasture 
*NOAA: Other Agricultural Land 
*CORINE German: Einjähr. Kulturen in Verbindung mit Dauerkulturen	 	
 
000000000 	v0_mixedcroppasturecover 	 	 	241 	 	4/213 	24 	
cs_complexcrop 	
*CORINE: Complex cultivation patterns 
*NOAA: Confined Feeding Operations 
*CORINE German: Komplexe Parzellenstrukturen	 	
 
239211099 	 	 	 	242 	 	 	23 	
cs_naturalcrop 	
*GlobCover: Mosaic cropland (50-70%) / vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (20-50%) 
*CORINE: Land principally occupied by agriculture, with significant areas of natural vegetation 
*NLCD: Cultivated Crops
*CORINE German: Landwirtschaft mit natürlicher Bodenbedeckung	 	
 
183183071 	 	 	20 	243 	82 	 	 	
cs_agroforest 	
*CORINE: Agro-forestry areas 
*CORINE German: Agroforstlich genutzte Flächen	 	
 
000000000 	 	 	 	244 	 	6/290 	 	
cs_herbtundra 	
*VMap0: Tundra 
*NLCD: Dwarf Scrub
*USGS: Herbaceous Tundra 
*NOAA: Herbaceous Tundra	 	 	v0_herbtundracover 	 	 	 	51 	20/820 	82 	
cs_heath 	
*CORINE: Moors and heathland 
*CORINE German: Heiden und Moorheiden	 	
 
211211000 	 	 	 	322 	 	 	 	
cs_sclerophyllous 	
*CORINE: Sclerophyllous vegetation 
*CORINE German: Hartlaubgewächse	 	
 
000000000 	 	 	 	323 	 	 	 	
cs_scrub 	
*VMap0: Scrub/Brush 
*GlobCover: Closed to open (>15%) shrubland (<5m) 
*CORINE: Transitional woodland shrub 
*NLCD: Shrub/Scrub
*USGS: Shrubland 
*NOAA: Shrub and Brush Rangeland 
*CORINE German: Wald/Strauch	 	
 
183239000 	v0_scrubcover 	 	130 	324 	52 	8/321 	32 	
*TALL VEGETATION 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_deciduousforest 	
*VMap0: Trees, Deciduous 
*GlobCover: Closed (>40%) broadleaved deciduous forest (>5m) 
*CORINE: Broad-leaved forest 
*NLCD: Deciduous Forest
*USGS: Deciduous Broadleaf Forest 
*NOAA: Deciduous Forest Land 
*CORINE German: Laubwälder	 	
 
000183000 	v0_deciduousbroadcover 	 	50 	311 	41 	11/411 	41 	
N/A 	
*GLobCover: Open (15-40%) needle-leaved deciduous or evergreen forest (>5m) 
*USGS: Deciduous Needleleaf Forest	 	 	 	 	90 	 	 	12/412 	 	
N/A 	
*GlobCover: Closed to open (>15%) broadleaved evergreen and/or semi-deciduous forest (>5m) 
*USGS: Evergreen Broadleaf Forest	 	 	 	 	40 	 	 	13/421 	 	
cs_evergreenforest 	
*VMap0: Trees, Evergreen 
*GlobCover: Closed (>40%) needle-leaved evergreen forest (>5m) 
*CORINE: Coniferous forest 
*NLCD: Evergreen Forest
*USGS: Evergreen Needleleaf Forest 
*NOAA: Evergreen Forest Land 
*CORINE German: Nadelwälder	 	
 
000126099 	v0_evergreenbroadcover 	 	70 	312 	42 	14/422 	42 	
cs_mixedforest 	
*VMap0: Trees, Mixed Trees 
*GlobCover: Closed to open (>15%) mixed broadleaved and needleaved forest 
*CORINE: Mixed forest 
*NLCD: Mixed Forest
*USGS: Mixed Forest 
*NOAA: Mixed Forest Land 
*CORINE German: Mischwälder	 	
 
000126000 	v0_mixedforestcover 	 	100 	313 	43 	15/430 	43 	
cs_rainforest 	
*Rain forest	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
*LINE 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_road 	
*Road 	 	 	v0_road 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_freeway 	
*Motorway/Freeway	 	 	v0_freeway 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_railroad1 	
*Medium railroad	 	 	v0_railroad1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_railroad2 	
*Large railroad	 	 	v0_railroad2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_stream 	
*VMap0: River/Stream, Perennial/Permanent 
*NOAA: Streams and Canals	 	 	v0_stream 	 	 	 	 	 	51 	
cs_intermittentstream	
*VMap0: River/Stream, Non-Perennial/Intermittent/Fluctuating	 	 	v0_intermittentstream 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
cs_canal 	
*VMap0: Canal	 	 	v0_canal 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
=== Sources: ===
*VMap0: NGA MIL-PRF-89039 
*FAO: http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/x0596e/x0596e00.htm 
*GlobCover: GLOBCOVER Product Specification v2 
*CORINE: Corine Land Cover classes 
*NLCD: National Land Cover Database
*USGS: USGS Land Use/Land Cover System Legend (Modified Level 2) 
*NOAA: NOAA Land Use/Land Cover Code List
1) Colours do not precisely correspond with EEA's Corine Landclass Colour values, Latest CLC2000 RGB-Values, instead, the values are taken from the DLR's "Classification key and lookup-table" at Data description CLC2000.
 
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