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VESOUL (France): 500 sq. km
Main land cover classes geological characteristics
forest |. | | ade
dry meadows - 55$ dolomites beginning
crops 0 between 30 and 50 cm depth
meadows - 10%
dry meadows - 72% dolomites beginning
meadows - 193 O and 30 cm depth
meadows - 46% loam and
dry meadows - 43$ clayey marl
crops - 55$ loam (thin lay)
dry meadows - 35% on schists
The land cover statistics have been computed from the per point
classified image within the regions of reference.
(The resulting map is published in 5 and 6)
e OR ko Figure 3 : Table of relation between land cover
| or and geology
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by :
White LOIRE (France): 3200 sq. km
element
Colour on |Main land covers geol. material drainage
Fig 5-1
bare light soils - 24$ clay on calcareous | very well
vineyard - 273 (often terrasse of | drained
orchard - 28% Loire river)
bare light soils - 10% sand or loamy well
vineyard - 63% sand (alluvial or drained
not)
meadows - 45% loam well to
vineyards - 24% (mainly on poorly
orchards --16% Plateau) well
drained
Meadows - 578 clayey alluvium poorly
vineyards - 368 locally associated | drained
with sand (recent
deposit of river)
meadows - 02$ recent deposit of very
clay poorly
; drained
The two other units have been defined to complete the mapping but
are outside from the valley test site.
st site Figure 5-2: Legend of the Figure 5-1.
203
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