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FORM = Bench Plateau

Code: BP

Description: Natural bench plateaus- common in Sichuan.
Position: >5m above floodline
Form: 0 - 30% Slope between steep slopes
Soil: weathered
Sedimentary Process: Source: gradual erosion
L1 Minimum: >10m
L2 Minimum: >5m
Identification: DEM bench slope areas
Compatible Classes
USE:
Mine & Fill Disturbed Ornamental Paddy Irrigated Rainfed Shifting Forestry Variable Fallow Pristine
COVER:
Barren Bare soil Annual Mixed Perennial
GROUP:
disturbed & debris livestock greenhouse household plantings public plantings turfgrass hydromorphic crops annual crops pasture mixed crop plots nursery deciduous woody crops evergreen woody crops deciduous tree crops evergreen tree crops agroforestry hydromorphic vegetation tall graminoids annual vegetation deciduous forestry plantings evergreen forestry plantings open woody mix open wooded brush open mixed trees closed woody mix closed woody evergreen closed woody deciduous mixed trees deciduous broadleaf trees deciduous needleleaf trees evergreen broadleaf trees evergreen needleleaf trees variable bare earth barren
Mapped Ecotopes
BPDAdb03 ,  BPDAdb06 ,  BPDMdb04 ,  BPDMdb07 ,  BPDPdb05 ,  BPDPdb08 ,  BPFXba01 ,  BPPAri01 ,  BPPAri03 ,  BPRAac01 ,  BPRAac04 ,  BPRMmc01 ,  BPRMod42 ,  BPRMoe30 ,  BPRPod40 ,  BPRPod45 ,  BPRPoe04 ,  BPRPoe33 ,  BPTMow02

Citation for AEM: Ellis E. C., H. Wang, H. Xiao, K. Peng, X. P. Liu, S. C. Li, H. Ouyang, X. Cheng, and L. Z. Yang. 2006. Measuring long-term ecological changes in densely populated landscapes using current and historical high resolution imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment 100(4):457-473.