Global Forest Resources Assessment

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


e050n37


Location


37° N; 50° E
Asia; Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Gilan)
Elevation of the tile center point: 1082 m
Water consist 0.0% of block area



Biome/ecoregion


Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests biome
Caspian Hyrcanian mixed 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


Continental, summer dry, hot summer


Temperature/Precipitation


Max temperature of warmest month (C°)

30

Min temperature of coldest month (C°)

1

Annual precipitation (mm)

400


Phenology data

(MODIS-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)


Maximum annual NDVI: 0.83

           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

52.9%

median

56%

maximum

77%



Bare ground percent within the tile: 0.0%





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