Global Forest Resources Assessment

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

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e027s08

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Location


8° S; 27° E
Africa; Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga)
Elevation of the tile center point: 572 m
Water consist 3.9% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands biome
Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands 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


Moist Tropical, winter dry


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

33

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

15

Annual precipitation (mm)

971


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.78

           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

27.0%

median

23%

maximum

75%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 0.0%





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


 


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