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USE = Disturbed

Code: D

Description: fragmented or disturbed by human activities without consistent use
Surface: surface often disrupted/ compacted/ partially sealed/strewn with impermeable debris
Vegetation: variable: from bare earth & annuals to mature trees/ small rainfed agriculture patches (<5m) & some vegetation harvest
Water: watering of cultivated patches/ waste water
Livestock: informal livestock grazing >25% of year, OR low intensity livestock grazing or <25% of year
L1 Minimum: >10m
L2 Minimum: >0.1m linear/ >5m polygon
Identification: within 15 m of anthropogenic structures, mines or dumps, or clear evidence of human disturbance or debris

Compatible Classes
FORM:
Anthropogenic Mounded Excavated Terraced Slope Floodplain Foot Slope Bench Plateau Summit Sloping Steep Slope Marsh Flowing Marsh Shallow Stream Seasonal Stream Seasonal River Water Margin Canal Margin River Margin Small Pond Large Pond Reservoir Small Canal Large Canal Lake Stream River
COVER:
Sealed Bare soil Water Annual Mixed Perennial
GROUP:
disturbed & debris hydromorphic vegetation tall graminoids water
Mapped Ecotopes
ANDAdb03 ,  ANDAdb06 ,  ANDAdb09 ,  ANDAdb14 ,  ANDAhv01 ,  ANDEdb01 ,  ANDEdb02 ,  ANDMdb04 ,  ANDMdb07 ,  ANDMdb10 ,  ANDMdb12 ,  ANDMdb13 ,  ANDMdb15 ,  ANDPdb05 ,  ANDPdb08 ,  ANDPdb11 ,  ANDPdb16 ,  BPDAdb03 ,  BPDAdb06 ,  BPDMdb04 ,  BPDMdb07 ,  BPDPdb05 ,  BPDPdb08 ,  CADWwa02 ,  CBDWwa02 ,  CMDAhv01 ,  EXDMdb07 ,  FMDAhv01 ,  FMDMdb07 ,  FPDAdb03 ,  FPDAdb06 ,  FPDEdb02 ,  FPDMdb04 ,  FPDMdb07 ,  FPDPdb08 ,  FSDAdb03 ,  FSDAdb06 ,  FSDMdb04 ,  FSDMdb07 ,  FSDPdb05 ,  FSDPdb08 ,  MADAdb06 ,  MADAhv01 ,  MADAhv04 ,  MADWwa01 ,  MSDAdb03 ,  MSDMdb04 ,  PADWwa01 ,  PBDWwa01 ,  RSDWwa02 ,  SLDAdb03 ,  SLDAdb06 ,  SLDEdb01 ,  SLDEdb02 ,  SLDMdb04 ,  SLDMdb07 ,  SLDMdb12 ,  SLDPdb05 ,  SLDPdb08 ,  SSDAdb03 ,  SSDAdb06 ,  SSDMdb04 ,  SSDMdb07 ,  SSDPdb05 ,  SSDPdb08 ,  SUDAdb03 ,  SUDMdb04 ,  WMDAdb06 ,  WMDAhv01 ,  ANDSdb17

Citation for AEM: Ellis E. C., H. Wang, H. Xiao, K. Peng, X. P. Liu, S. C. Li, H. Ouyang, X. Cheng, and L. Z. Yang. 2006. Measuring long-term ecological changes in densely populated landscapes using current and historical high resolution imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 100(4):457-473.