Landcover Topo50

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Title
Landcover Topo50
Creator
NationalMap Limited
Publisher
NationalMap Limited
Date
2000-01-01
Date
2020-03-31
Date
2020-03-30
Description
A subset of the NationalMap dataset consisting of a combination of landcover data extracted from the LINZ web portal.

The landcover data consists of the following types of cover:
- Swamp: A wet or moist region with water standing on or just below the surface of the ground, and usually covered by a growth of vegetation
- Ice: A region of permanent ice
- Mud: An area of wet, soft earthy matter
- Rock: Coastal rocks; rocks between high and low tide
- Sand: Sand, crushed rock, shells etc. smaller than 2mm in size
- Scree: Mountain slope covered with small stones
- Shingle: Crushed rock, shells etc. larger than 2mm in size
- Gravel pit: Area used for the extraction of coarse sand and small water-worn or pounded stones, used for paths and roads
- Landfill: A portion of land on which refuse, solid or semi-solid waste, is dumped and then covered with earth
- Moraine: An accumulation of boulders, stones or other debris carried and deposited by a glacier
- Pumice: Area used for the extraction of pumice

This layer is a component of the Topo50 map series. The Topo50 map
series provides topographic mapping for the New Zealand mainland, Chatham and New Zealand's offshore islands, at 1:50,000 scale. Further
information on Topo50: http://www.linz.govt.nz/topography/topo-maps/topo50
Source
The resource has been validated and quality assured using NationalMap's ISO compliant Monthly Testing Process
Coverage
-46.907 166.716 -34.426 178.544
Type
vector
Subject
Land cover
Subject
Topo, Landcover, Swamp, Ice, Mud, Rock, Sand, Scree, Shingle, Gravel pit, Landfill, Moraine, Pumice
Subject
New-Zealand
Subject
location