Advanced modeling of hydrological processes in vast river basins and continental scale land–atmosphere interactions requires land cover and land use information. Note that land use and land cover are not interchangeable. The term land cover defines the physical surface conditions. Examples of land cover classes are water, bare soil, grass, crops, forests, etc. Land use reveals the type of application that humans have created to their own benefits. Examples of land use variation for the same land cover class are industrial settlements vs. residential areas (land cover: build up), irrigated vs. rainfed cropland (land cover: cropland), reservoirs vs. natural lakes (land cover: water), recreation vs. pastures (land cover: grass), timbering vs. environment (land cover: forests). In case of a mixture of land cover and land use classes on the same map, it is common to refer to Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) classes.
Advanced modeling of hydrological processes in vast river basins and continental scale land–atmosphere interactions requires land cover and land use information. Note that land use and land cover are not interchangeable. The term land cover defines the physical surface conditions. Examples of land cover classes are water, bare soil, grass, crops, forests, etc. Land use reveals the type of application that humans have created to their own benefits. Examples of land use variation for the same land cover class are industrial settlements vs. residential areas (land cover: build up), irrigated vs. rainfed cropland (land cover: cropland), reservoirs vs. natural lakes (land cover: water), recreation vs. pastures (land cover: grass), timbering vs. environment (land cover: forests). In case of a mixture of land cover and land use classes on the same map, it is common to refer to Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) classes.
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