Land resource data for China includes total area, cultivated land, paddies, irrigated and non-irrigated land, garden land, forest land, grassland, urban areas, industrial and mine areas, surface water, glacier and snowfields, soil types, slope/grade, loess, and desert. The dataset is compiled by the organization SCIOPS. The temporal coverage and specific volume of records are not specified.
Use Cases
- Model the relationship between soil types and cultivated land area for agricultural yield prediction.
- Analyze the distribution of irrigated versus non-irrigated land across different regions.
- Assess urban and industrial area expansion in relation to forest land and grassland coverage.
- Classify land features such as glacier and snowfields or desert based on slope/grade data.
Strengths
- Covers multiple critical land resource categories including soil types and slope/grade.
- Includes distinct land classifications such as paddies, garden land, loess, and desert.
Limitations
- The exact number of records, rows, or geographic granularity is unknown.
- Data freshness, last update date, and temporal coverage range are not specified.
Provenance
- Source
- SCIOPS, accessed via NASA EarthData (WDC-D).
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- China