Global Forest Resources Assessment

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

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e029s27

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Location


27° S; 29° E
Africa; South Africa (Mpumalanga)
Elevation of the tile center point: 1489 m
Water consist 0.5% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Montane Grasslands & Shrublands biome
Highveld grasslands 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, winter dry, warm summer


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

26

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

-2

Annual precipitation (mm)

675


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.67

           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

8.6%

median

6%

maximum

32%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 7.4%





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


 


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