Reference Land Cover in Luangwa 2015-2018 (vector) - version 1, March 2018

This metadata refers to the Land Cover vector data generated over Luangwa (Africa) for 2015 in the framework of the Copernicus Global Land Hot Spot Mapping (C-GL-HSM) contract under the coordination of JRC. This area of interest is either mapped with the generic 8 classes dichotomus legend (SAF_14_15_lc_a). The mapped area of interest (AOI) represents a Key Landscape for Conservation area (KLC). The KLC has a total size of 3,5 million ha (35,000 km²) and is in the eastern part of Zambia, at the end of the Great African Rift Valley System. The two National Parks have been established in 1971 and have a combined reported area of 1,368,600 ha (13,686 km²), 905,000 ha for South Luangwa and 463,600 ha for North Luangwa. The parks are within the central Zambezian and southern Miombo woodlands and Zambezian and Mopane woodlands and are characterized by the Luangwa River in the east and the Muchinga Escarpment in the west. Reference time: 2015 - 2018