Download or read book A Vegetation Map of South America written by H. D. Eva and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vegetation map of South America has been produced using multi-sensor satellite observations at a spatial resolution of 1 km. The map highlights the major vegetation formations throughout the continent with an improved thematic content over previous land cover maps, identifying over 40 land cover classes. The majority of the data used were acquired in the year giving an unprecedented up-to-date overview of the continent's land cover.