Global Forest Resources Assessment

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
GIScCE, South Dakota State University


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Location


36° N; 8° E
Africa; Algeria (Souk-Ahras)
Elevation of the tile center point: 579 m
Water consist 0.0% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub biome
Mediterranean woodlands and forests ecoregion



External information resources


The Degree Confluence Project information



Tile outlines


 Tile outline 10x10km and 20x20km [KMZ]
 Tile outline 10x10km [SHP]
 Tile outline 20x20km [SHP]


Climate and Phenology


Köppen Climate Classification System


Humid Middle Latitude, summer dry, hot summer


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

33

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

1

Annual precipitation (mm)

453


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.26

           Monthly NDVI (percent of maximum annual NDVI)




Land Cover Data


MODIS Tree canopy cover



                  Tree canopy cover

         0%

100%


      Tree canopy cover within the tile

mean

0.0%

median

0%

maximum

3%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 76.0%





 Download MODIS-derived tree canopy cover
    and SRTM water mask [GeoTIF]