Global Forest Resources Assessment

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


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Location


3° S; 34° E
Africa; United Republic of Tanzania (Shinyanga)
Elevation of the tile center point: 1326 m
Water consist 0.5% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands biome
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets 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°)

29

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

14

Annual precipitation (mm)

840


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.60

           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

6.4%

median

6%

maximum

9%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 6.3%





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