THEME: Tropical Moist Forest COVERAGE NAME: FOREST FEATURE CLASS: polygon DESCRIPTION: Tropical Moist Forest DATA SOURCE: WCMC SOURCE SCALE: generally 1:1,000,000 Polygon Attribute Table FOREST.PAT COLUMN ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N.DEC DESCRIPTION 1 AREA 13 N 6 14 PERIMETER 13 N 6 27 FOREST_ 11 N 0 38 FOREST_ID 11 N 0 49 VEGN 3 N 0 Forest classification - code 52 VEGNTX 50 C 0 *Forest classification - text VEGN code definition 10 Water bodies 111 Mangrove 112 Degraded mangrove 113 Inland swamp forest 114 Degraded inland swamp forest 121 Montane rain forest 122 Lowland rain forest 123 Submontane rain forest 130 Degraded rain forest 131 Degraded montane rain forest 132 Degraded lowland rain forest 133 Degraded submontane rain forest 210 Montane monsoon forest 220 Lowland monsoon forest 230 Degraded monsoon forest 500 Dry forest 510 Pine forest 888 Cloud cover 900 Non forest 999 No data NOTES Polygons that are not assigned a VEGN and VEGNTX are areas that are enclosed by classified polygons (e.g., areas within tropical moist forests that are not tropical moist forests).
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