: Physical features

Zambezi River Basin Land Use, Land Use Change and Soil Erosion

Last Updated:: November 28, 2023
Countries:: Malawi
Views:: 109

This dataset provides Land Use, Land Use Change and Soil Loss (Area: Shire sub basin) at 10m resolution. 1) Land use maps: covers land use for the years 2005 and 2010 and the resulting changes 2) Erosion map of 2010: Relative potential based on the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) erosion formula that uses information on: annual rainfall in 2010, soil type, slope, slope length, land use in 2010 and farming practices. This dataset is one of the products produced under the 2008-2012 World Bank (WBG) European Space Agency (ESA) partnership, and is published in the partnership report: Earth Observation for Sustainable Development, June 2013

Data and Resources

ZIP Ready Maps for Printing: Land Use (2005-2010),...
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ZIP Land Use Map Data
Land Use Map Data include: DEM (Digital Elevation Model), Land Use 2005, Land...
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ZIP Soil Erosion Map Data
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About this data

Organization

World Bank Group

Contact

World Bank Group

Maintainer

None

Topics

Physical features

Last Updated

November 28, 2023

Release Year

2021

Start Date

2005

End Date

2010

Countries

Malawi

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Views

109

Version

None

Formats

ZIP