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FORM = Mounded

Code: MO

Description: Mounded earthworks; including Dams; Mounds (>30m width).
Position: >2m high
Form: Mound
Soil: Anthropogenic
Sedimentary Process: Source & Sink: anthropogenic fill/ erosion/ erosive input
L1 Minimum: >30m
L2 Minimum: >30m
Identification: DEM slope class/ feature geometry/ prior knowledge
Compatible Classes
USE:
Constructed Livestock Horticulture Mine & Fill Disturbed Ornamental Irrigated Rainfed Shifting Forestry Variable Fallow
COVER:
Barren Bare soil Annual Mixed Perennial
GROUP:
excavation infill & dumping disturbed & debris livestock greenhouse household plantings public plantings turfgrass annual crops pasture mixed crop plots nursery deciduous woody crops evergreen woody crops deciduous tree crops evergreen tree crops agroforestry 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
Mapped Ecotopes

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.