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Environmental information systems
The Coastal Zones provides detailed land cover and land use information for all European coastal territory to a landward distance of 10 km with total area mapped of approximately 730,000 km². The product has a six years update cycle and is now available for the 2012 and 2018 reference years with the 2012-2018 change layer. The Coastal Zones is part of the
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Coastal Zones Land Cover/Land Use 2018 (vector), Europe, 6-yearly, Feb. 2021GeopackageESRI:RESTOGC:WMS
Published: 12 Nov 2020
Temporal coverage: 2017-2019
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Riparian Zones
The Riparian Zones provides detailed information on the state and characteristics of riparian zones across Europe in a variable buffer zone of selected rivers (Strahler levels 2-9 derived from EU-Hydro).
The product has a six years update cycle and is available for the 2012 and 2018 reference years including the change layer. Besides the land cover and land use layer the Riparian Zoned product for the 2012 reference year has two additional layers: Delineation of Riparian Zones and Green Linear Elements.
The Riparian Zones is part of the European Union’s Copernicus Land Monitoring Service.
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