Global Land Cover (0)
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Tree Cover, broadleaved, evergreen |
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Tree Cover, broadleaved, deciduous, closed |
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Tree Cover, broadleaved, deciduous, open |
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Tree Cover, needle-leaved, evergreen |
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Tree Cover, needle-leaved, deciduous |
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Tree Cover, mixed leaf type |
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Tree Cover, regularly flooded, fresh water |
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Tree Cover, regularly flooded, saline water |
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Mosaic: Tree Cover / Other natural vegetation |
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Tree Cover, burnt |
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Shrub Cover, closed-open, evergreen |
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Shrub Cover, closed-open, deciduous |
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Herbaceous Cover, closed-open |
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Sparse herbaceous or sparse shrub cover |
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Regularly flooded shrub and/or herbaceous cover |
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Cultivated and managed areas |
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Mosaic: Cropland / Tree Cover / Other natural vege |
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Mosaic: Cropland / Shrub and/or grass cover |
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Bare Areas |
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Snow and Ice |
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Artificial surfaces and associated areas |
CORINE Land Cover (1)
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Continuous urban fabric |
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Discontinuous urban fabric |
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Industrial or commercial units |
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Road and rail networks and associated land |
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Port areas |
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Airports |
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Mineral extraction sites |
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Dump sites |
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Construction sites |
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Green urban areas |
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Sport and leisure facilities |
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Non-irrigated arable land |
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Permanently irrigated land |
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Rice fields |
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Vineyards |
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Fruit trees and berry plantations |
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Olive groves |
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Pastures |
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Annual crops associated with permanent crops |
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Complex cultivation patterns |
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Land principally occupied by agriculture, with significant areas of natural vegetation |
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Agro-forestry areas |
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Broad-leaved forest |
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Coniferous forest |
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Mixed forest |
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Natural grasslands |
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Moors and heathland |
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Sclerophyllous vegetation |
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Transitional woodland-shrub |
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Beaches, dunes, sands |
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Bare rocks |
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Sparsely vegetated areas |
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Burnt areas |
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Glaciers and perpetual snow |
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Inland marshes |
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Peat bogs |
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Salt marshes |
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Salines |
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Intertidal flats |
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Water courses |
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Water bodies |
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Coastal lagoons |
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Estuaries |
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Sea and ocean |
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Unclassified Land Surface |
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Unclassified Water Bodies |
Aridity Limit (2)
World Soil Resources Coverage (3)
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Acrisols, Alisols, Plinthosols (AC) |
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Albeluvisols, Luvisols (AB) |
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Andosols (AN) |
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Anthrosols (AT) |
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Arenosols (AR) |
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Calcisols, Cambisols, Luvisols (CL) |
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Calcisols, Regosols, Arenosols (CA) |
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Cambisols (CM) |
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Chernozems, Phaeozems (CH) |
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Cryosols (CR) |
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Durisols (DU) |
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Ferralsols, Acrisols, Nitisols (FR) |
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Fluvisols, Gleysols, Cambisols (FL) |
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Gleysols, Histosols, Fluvisols (GL) |
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Gypsisols, Calcisols (GY) |
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Histosols, Cryosols (HR) |
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Histosols, Gleysols (HS) |
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Kastanozems, Solonetz (KS) |
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Leptosols, Regosols (LP) |
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Leptosols, Cryosols (LR) |
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Lixisols (LX) |
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Luvisols, Cambisols (LV) |
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Nitisols (NT) |
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Phaeozems (PH) |
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Planosols (PL) |
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Plinthosols (PT) |
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Podzols, Histosols (PZ) |
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Regosols (RG) |
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Solonchaks, Solonetz (SC) |
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Umbrisols (UM) |
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Vertisols (VR) |
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Glaciers (gl) |
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Waterbodies |
Soil Organic Carbon Density (kg/C m2) (4)
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0 - 4 |
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5 - 8 |
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9 - 12 |
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13 - 16 |
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17 - 20 |
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21 - 24 |
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25 - 28 |
Evapotranspiration (mm) (5)
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0 - 20 |
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21 - 40 |
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41 - 60 |
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61 - 80 |
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81 - 100 |
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101 - 120 |
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121 - 140 |
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141 - 160 |
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161 - 180 |
Potential Evapo-Transpiration (mm) (6)
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24 - 250 |
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251 - 500 |
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501 - 750 |
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751 - 1.000 |
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1.001 - 1.250 |
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1.251 - 1.500 |
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1.501 - 1.750 |
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1.751 - 2.000 |
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2.001 - 2.250 |
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2.251 - 2.500 |
Aridity (7)
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Hyperarid (AI < 0,05) |
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Arid (AI 0,05 - 0,20) |
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Semi-Arid (AI 0,20 - 0,50) |
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Dry Sub-humid (AI 0,50 - 0,65) |
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AI > 0,65 |
The World Atlas of the Artificial Night Sky Brightness (8)
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0.01-0.11 |
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0.11-0.33 |
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0.33-1 |
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1-3 |
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3-9 |
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9-27 |
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> 27 |
Bathymetry (m.) (9)
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< -10.000 |
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-9.999 - -7.500 |
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-7.499 - -5.000 |
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-4.999 - -2.500 |
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-2.499 - -500 |
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-499 - -100 |
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-99 - -50 |
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-49 - -25 |
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-24 - 0 |
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>= 0 |
Sea Surface Nitrate concentration (mM) (10)
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< 1 |
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1 - 2 |
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2 - 3 |
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3 - 4 |
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4 - 6 |
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6 - 8 |
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8 - 12 |
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12 - 16 |
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16 - 24 |
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24 - 32 |
Iron concentration mg/m3 (11)
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> 0,25 |
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0,25 - 0,5 |
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0,5 - 0,75 |
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0,75 - 1 |
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1 - 2 |
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2 - 3 |
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3 - 4 |
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4 - 5 |
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< 5 |
Mixed Layer Depth (m) (12)
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5 - 25 |
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25 - 50 |
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50 - 75 |
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75 - 100 |
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100 - 125 |
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125 - 150 |
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150 - 175 |
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175 - 200 |
Minor Islands (13)
Global change in rain-use efficiency between 1981 and 2003 (Δ RUE/yr*1000) (14)
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< -0.5 |
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-0.5 - -0.4 |
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-0.4 - -0.3 |
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-0.3 - -0.2 |
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-0.2 - -0.1 |
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-0.1 - 0 |
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no change |
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0 - 0.1 |
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0.1 - 0.2 |
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0.2 - 0.3 |
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0.3 - 0.4 |
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0.4 - 0.5 |
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> 0.5 |
Transboundary Aquifer (15)
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Aquifer extent |
Glaciers and permanent land ice (16)
Ocean-based pollution (17)
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Less than 0,001 |
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0,001 - 0,1 |
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0,1 - 0,2 |
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0,2 - 0,3 |
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0,3 - 0,4 |
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0,4 - 0,5 |
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More than 0,5 |
Coastal inorganic pollution (18)
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0 |
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0,001 - 0,1 |
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0,1 - 0,2 |
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0,2 - 0,3 |
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0,3 - 0,4 |
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0,4 - 0,5 |
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More than 0,5 |
Coastal organic pollution (19)
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Ocean |
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0,001 - 0,1 |
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0,1 - 0,2 |
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0,2 - 0,3 |
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0,3 - 0,4 |
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0,4 - 0,5 |
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More than 0,5 |
Biodiversity Hotspots (20)
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Atlantic Forest |
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California Floristic Province |
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Cape Floristic Region |
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Caribbean Islands |
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Caucasus |
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Cerrado |
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Chilean Winter Rainfall and Valdivian Forests |
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Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa |
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East Melanesian Islands |
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Eastern Afromontane |
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Guinean Forests of West Africa |
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Himalaya |
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Horn of Africa |
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Hotspot Limit |
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Indo-Burma |
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Irano-Anatolian |
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Japan |
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Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands |
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Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands |
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Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany |
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Mediterranean Basin |
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Mesoamerica |
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Mountains of Central Asia |
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Mountains of Southwest China |
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New Caledonia |
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New Zealand |
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Philippines |
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Polynesia-Micronesia |
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Southwest Australia |
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Succulent Karoo |
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Sundaland |
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Tropical Andes |
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Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena |
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Wallacea |
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Western Ghats and Sri Lanka |
Terrestrial Biomes (21)
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Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
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Temperate Conifer Forests |
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Boreal Forests/Taiga |
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Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands |
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Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands |
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Flooded Grasslands & Savannas |
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Montane Grasslands & Shrublands |
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Tundra |
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Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub |
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Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
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Mangroves |
Marine Realms (22)
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Arctic |
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Central Indo-Pacific |
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Eastern Indo-Pacific |
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Southern Ocean |
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Temperate Australasia |
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Temperate Northern Atlantic |
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Temperate Northern Pacific |
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Temperate South America |
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Temperate Southern Africa |
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Tropical Atlantic |
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Tropical Eastern Pacific |
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Western Indo-Pacific |
Freshwater Realms (23)
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Large lakes |
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Large river deltas |
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Montane freshwaters |
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Oceanic islands |
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Polar freshwaters |
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Temperate coastal rivers |
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Temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands |
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Temperate upland rivers |
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Tropical and subtropical coastal rivers |
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Tropical and subtropical floodplain rivers and wetland complexes |
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Tropical and subtropical upland rivers |
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Xeric freshwaters and endorheic (closed) basins |
Potential Biomes (24)
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Tropical Evergreen Forest/Woodland |
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Tropical Deciduous Forest/Woodland |
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Temperate Broadleaf Evergreen Forest/Woodland |
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Temperate Needleaf Evergreen Forest/Woodland |
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Temperate Deciduous Forest/Woodland |
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Boreal Evergreen Forest/Woodland |
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Boreal Deciduous Forest/Woodland |
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Evergreen Deciduous Mixed Forest |
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Savanna |
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Grassland/Steppe |
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Dense Shrubland |
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Open Shrubland |
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Tundra |
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Desert |
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Polar desert/Rock/Ice |
Barren and sparse vegetation (25)
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0 - 3 |
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3 - 5 |
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5 - 10 |
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10 - 20 |
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20 - 40 |
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40 - 60 |
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60 - 80 |
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80 - 100 |
World's Forests (26)
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Closed Forest |
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Open or Fragmented Forest |
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Other Wooded Land |
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Other Land Cover |
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Water |
Agroecological Zones (27)
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Grassland |
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Woodland |
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Forest |
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Mosaics including crops |
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Cropland |
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Intensive cropland |
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Wetlands |
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Desert, bare land |
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Water and coastal fringes |
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Ice, cold desert, tundra |
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Urban agglomerates |
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Unknown |
Wetlands (28)
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Freshwater Marshes and Floodplains |
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Inland Open Waters |
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Peatlands |
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Saline Systems |
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Seasonal Flooding Inland Systems |
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Swamp Forest |
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Tidal/Coastal Systems |
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Unclassified Wetland Areas |
Protected Marine and Coastal Areas (29)
Ramsar Sites (30)
Coastal invasive species (31)
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Ocean |
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0,0001 - 0,2 |
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0,2 - 0,3 |
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0,3 - 0,4 |
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0,4 - 0,5 |
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0,5 - 0,6 |
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0,6 - 0,8 |
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More than 0,8 |
Last of the Wild in each terrestrial biome (32)
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Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Temperate Conifer Forests |
 |
Boreal Forests/Taiga |
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Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas and Shrublands |
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Temperate Grasslands, Savannas and Shrublands |
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Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Tundra |
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Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands and Scrub |
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Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Mangroves |
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Lake |
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Rock and Ice |
Net Primary Productivity (kg-C/m2/year) (33)
 |
0 - 0,25 |
 |
0,25 - 0,50 |
 |
0,50 - 0,75 |
 |
0,75 - 1 |
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1 - 1,25 |
 |
1,25 - 1,50 |
Average annual runoff (mm) (34)
 |
0 - 100 |
 |
101 - 300 |
 |
301 - 600 |
 |
601 - 1.000 |
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1.001 - 1.500 |
 |
1.501 - 2.000 |
 |
2.001 - 3.000 |
 |
3.001 - 4.000 |
 |
4.001 - 6.000 |
 |
more than 6000 |
Croplands (35)
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Less than 10% |
 |
10.01% - 25% |
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25.01% - 50% |
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50.01% - 75% |
 |
75.01% - 100% |
Pasture lands (36)
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Less than 10% |
 |
10.01% - 25% |
 |
25.01% - 50% |
 |
50.01% - 75% |
 |
75.01% - 100% |
Livestock Production (37)
 |
Rangeland-based Hyperarid |
 |
Rangeland-based Arid/semi-arid |
 |
Rangeland-based Humid/sub-humid |
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Rangeland-based Temperate/tropical highlands |
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Mixed rainfed Hyperarid |
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Mixed rainfed Arid/semi-arid |
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Mixed rainfed Humid/sub-humid |
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Mixed rainfed Temperate/tropical highlands |
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Mixed irrigated Hyperarid |
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Mixed irrigated Arid/semi-arid |
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Mixed irrigated Humid/sub-humid |
 |
Mixed irrigated Temperate/tropical highlands |
 |
Urban areas |
 |
Other |
Access to Electricity (%) (38)
 |
0 - 20 |
 |
21 - 40 |
 |
41 - 60 |
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61 - 80 |
 |
81 - 100 |
Rural population density (persons per square kilometre), 2000 (39)
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Not assesed |
 |
Urban areas |
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0 |
 |
1 - 5 |
 |
6 - 10 |
 |
11 - 50 |
 |
51 - 100 |
 |
101 - 250 |
 |
251 - 500 |
 |
501 - 1.000 |
 |
1.001 - 1.500 |
 |
> 1.500 |
Population within 100km from the coast (2007) (40)
 |
Countries with no coast |
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Less than 10.000.000 |
 |
10.000.001 - 50.000.000 |
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50.000.001 - 100.000.000 |
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100.000.001 - 200.000.000 |
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More than 200.000.000 |
 |
No data |
Net Migration rate (per 1000 people) (41)
 |
< -4,0 |
 |
-3,9 - -2,0 |
 |
-1,9 - 0,0 |
 |
0,1 - 2,0 |
 |
2,1 - 4,0 |
 |
> 4,1 |
Global maps of urban extent from satellite data (42)
 |
Urban areas |
Rural Areas (% population) (43)
 |
0 - 20 |
 |
21 - 40 |
 |
41 - 60 |
 |
61 - 80 |
 |
81 - 100 |
Wilderness Index (1998) (44)
Human Footprint Index (45)
Human Influence Index (46)
Environmental Vulnerability Index (47)
 |
Resilient |
 |
At risk |
 |
Vulnerable |
 |
Highly vulnerable |
 |
Extremely vulnerable |
Coastal population pressure (48)
 |
Ocean |
 |
Less than 0,01 |
 |
0,01 - 0,1 |
 |
0,1 - 0,2 |
 |
0,2 - 0,4 |
 |
0,4 - 0,6 |
 |
0,6 - 0,8 |
 |
More than 0,8 |
Artisanal fishing pressure (49)
 |
0 - 0,02 |
 |
0,02 - 0,1 |
 |
0,1 - 0,2 |
 |
0,2 - 0,5 |
 |
More than 0,5 |
A Global Map of Human Impacts to Marine Ecosystems (50)
 |
Very Low Impact (<1,4) |
 |
Low Impact (1.4- 4.95) |
 |
Medium Impact (4.95 - 8.47) |
 |
Medium High Impact (8.47 - 12) |
 |
High Impact (12 - 15.52) |
 |
Very High Impact (> 15.52) |
Emissions of CO2 from Solid Fuels Consumptions (2008) (51)
 |
Less than 10000 Gg |
 |
10001 - 100000 Gg |
 |
100001 - 500000 Gg |
 |
500001 - 1000000 Gg |
 |
1000001 - 2000000 Gg |
 |
2000001 - 3000000 Gg |
 |
3000001 - 4000000 Gg |
 |
More than 4000001 Gg |
Ocean acidification (Aragonite Saturation State level) (52)
 |
Less than 0,5 |
 |
0,5 - 0,6 |
 |
0,6 - 0,7 |
 |
0,7 - 0,8 |
 |
0,8 - 0,9 |
 |
More than 0,9 |
Sea Level Rise (53)
 |
1 m. |
 |
2 m. |
 |
3 m. |
 |
4 m. |
 |
5 m. |
 |
6 m. |
Ramsar sites (54)
World RB Zonations (55)
 |
Core area |
 |
Buffer area |
 |
Transition area |
 |
Marine Core area |
 |
Marine Buffer area |
 |
Marine Transition area |
 |
Surface area |
 |
Marine area |
Avalaible Blue Water (Hm3) (56)
 |
0 - 1000 |
 |
1001 - 10000 |
 |
10001 - 100000 |
 |
100001 - 1000000 |
 |
> 1000001 |
Total Blue Water (Hm3) (57)
 |
0 - 1000 |
 |
1001 - 10000 |
 |
10001 - 100000 |
 |
100001 - 1000000 |
 |
> 1000001 |
Access to Water (58)
 |
Low (<2%) |
 |
Low to medium (2-5%) |
 |
Medium to high (5-10%) |
 |
High (10-20%) |
 |
Extremely high (>20%) |
 |
No data |
Drought Severity (59)
 |
Low (<20) |
 |
Low to medium (20-30) |
 |
Medium to high (30-40) |
 |
High (40-50) |
 |
Extremely high (>50) |
 |
No data |
Flood Ocurrence (60)
 |
Low (0-1) |
 |
Low to medium (2-3) |
 |
Medium to high (4-9) |
 |
High (10-27) |
 |
Extremely high (>27) |
 |
No data |
Seasonal Variability (61)
 |
Low (<0.33) |
 |
Low to medium (0.33-0.66) |
 |
Medium to high (0.66-1.0) |
 |
High (1.0-1.33) |
 |
Extremely high (>1.33) |
 |
No data |
Ground Water Stress (62)
 |
Low (<1) |
 |
Low to medium (1-5) |
 |
Medium to high (5-10) |
 |
High (10-20) |
 |
Extremely high (>20) |
 |
No data |
Baseline Water Stress (63)
 |
Low (<10%) |
 |
Low to medium (10-20%) |
 |
Medium to high (20-40%) |
 |
High (40-80%) |
 |
Extremely high (>80%) |
 |
Arid & low water use |
 |
No data |
Annual Average Solar Energy (kWh/m2/day) (64)
 |
< 2,6 |
 |
2,7 - 3,0 |
 |
3,1 - 3,4 |
 |
3,5 - 3,9 |
 |
4,0 - 4,5 |
 |
4,6 - 5,0 |
 |
5,1 - 5,5 |
 |
5,6 - 5,9 |
 |
6,0 - 6,4 |
 |
> 6,5 |
Proportion of Population Using Solid Fuels (2007) (65)
 |
Less than 10% |
 |
10% - 20% |
 |
20% - 50% |
 |
50% - 80% |
 |
More than 80% |
 |
No data |
Annual Solar Irradiation (kWh/m2/day) (66)
 |
< 2,0 |
 |
2,1 - 2,5 |
 |
2,6 - 3,0 |
 |
3,1 - 3,5 |
 |
3,6 - 4,0 |
 |
4,1 - 4,5 |
 |
4,6 - 5,0 |
 |
5,1 - 5,5 |
 |
5,6 - 6,0 |
 |
6,1 - 6,5 |
 |
> 6,6 |
Average Annual Relative Humidity (%) (67)
 |
0 - 25 |
 |
26 - 50 |
 |
51 - 75 |
 |
76 - 100 |
Mining Environmental Liabilities (Perú) (68)
 |
Abandoned |
 |
Inactive |
 |
No Data |
Natural and Mixed World Heritage sites (69)
World Marine Heritage (70)
Large Marine Ecosystems (71)
 |
Agulhas Current |
 |
Aleutian Islands |
 |
Antarctica |
 |
Arabian Sea |
 |
Baltic Sea |
 |
Barents Sea |
 |
Bay of Bengal |
 |
Beaufort Sea |
 |
Benguela Current |
 |
Black Sea |
 |
California Current |
 |
Canadian Eastern Arctic - West Greenland |
 |
Canadian High Arctic - North Greenland |
 |
Canary Current |
 |
Caribbean Sea |
 |
Celtic-Biscay Shelf |
 |
Central Arctic |
 |
East Bering Sea |
 |
East Brazil Shelf |
 |
East Central Australian Shelf |
 |
East China Sea |
 |
East Siberian Sea |
 |
Faroe Plateau |
 |
Greenland Sea |
 |
Guinea Current |
 |
Gulf of Alaska |
 |
Gulf of California |
 |
Gulf of Mexico |
 |
Gulf of Thailand |
 |
Hudson Bay Complex |
 |
Humboldt Current |
 |
Iberian Coastal |
 |
Iceland Shelf and Sea |
 |
Indonesian Sea |
 |
Insular Pacific-Hawaiian |
 |
Kara Sea |
 |
Kuroshio Current |
 |
Labrador - Newfoundland |
 |
Laptev Sea |
 |
Mediterranean Sea |
 |
New Zealand Shelf |
 |
North Australian Shelf |
 |
North Brazil Shelf |
 |
North Sea |
 |
Northeast Australian Shelf |
 |
Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf |
 |
Northern Bering - Chukchi Seas |
 |
Northwest Australian Shelf |
 |
Norwegian Sea |
 |
Oyashio Current |
 |
Pacific Central-American Coastal |
 |
Patagonian Shelf |
 |
Red Sea |
 |
Scotian Shelf |
 |
Sea of Japan |
 |
Sea of Okhotsk |
 |
Somali Coastal Current |
 |
South Brazil Shelf |
 |
South China Sea |
 |
South West Australian Shelf |
 |
Southeast Australian Shelf |
 |
Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf |
 |
Sulu-Celebes Sea |
 |
West Bering Sea |
 |
West Central Australian Shelf |
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Yellow Sea |
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