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European Mountain Areas
European data
European Mountain Areas
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European Mountain Areas
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European Mountain Areas - INSPIRE Metadata
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Metadata
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Reporting obligations (ROD)
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- Not applicable
- Relation:
- Derived data set: Environmental Accounting Reference Layers - SDI
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Rights:
- EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Data sources
Dataset based on the global dataset by Kapos et al. (2000), using the GTOPO30 global digital elevation model (DEM) developed by the US Geological Survey.
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Processors:
- European Topic Centre on Urban, Land and Soil Systems (ETC-ULS)
Additional information
The criteria for generating the European mountain areas data were based on the global dataset by Kapos et al. (2000), using the GTOPO30 global digital elevation model (DEM) developed by the US Geological Survey. The dataset excluded the climatic criteria for areas north of 62ºN. Additionally, to create continuous areas, and considering that topographic constraints play a greater role when they extend over a certain area, isolated mountainous areas of less than 10 km2 were not considered. However, non-mountainous areas of less than 10km2 within mountain massifs were included (ETC/LUSI - EEA, 2008).
Kapos, V., Rhind, J., Edwards, M., Price, M.F. and Ravilious, C. 2000.
Developing a map of the world’s mountain forests In M.F. Price and N. Butt (eds.)
Forests in sustainable mountain development: A state-of-knowledge report for 2000. CAB International, Wallingford: 4-9.
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For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/european-mountain-areas or scan the QR code.
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