Land cover

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003658",
  "term": "Land cover",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The physical materials characterizing the surface of land. These include trees, grasses or other vegetation, rocks as well as human-modified structures. Land cover is often observed by remote sensing technology.",
  "synonyms": [
    "land-cover",
    "landcover"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "land",
    "open space",
    "landscape management",
    "land use",
    "landforms",
    "landscapes",
    "land use and land cover maps",
    "landscape ecology",
    "land management",
    "agroecological zones"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cobertura de la tierra"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/land-cover/"
}