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FORM = Canal Margin

Code: CM

Description: Margins of Flowing anthropogenic watercourse <1m deep.
Position: floodline to 1m below low water
Form: Sloping
Soil: sedimentary
Sedimentary Process: Source & Sink: eroded & suspended sediment input
L1 Minimum: >10m
L2 Minimum: >1m
Identification: water signature/ mapped water surface/ GIS buffer
Compatible Classes
USE:
Mine & Fill Disturbed Ornamental Aquaculture Paddy Variable Fallow Pristine
COVER:
Water Annual Mixed Perennial
GROUP:
disturbed & debris aquaculture hydromorphic crops hydromorphic vegetation tall graminoids annual vegetation 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 water
Mapped Ecotopes
CMDAhv01 ,  CMFAhv01

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.