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Table 2 Land cover classes (LCC) and their absolute (km2) and proportional (%, values in brackets) area distribution within the grazing utilization zones of Andremba, Ankilibory, Efoetse, Miarintsoa, and the transhumance zone of coastal cattle herds (C-T)
LCC | Class name | Coast | Plateau | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ankilibory | Efoetse | Andremba | Miarintsoa | C-T | ||
I | Open area and loose shrubland | 80.6 (78.4) | 61.5 (77.1) | 61.9 (42.7) | 7.6 (6.9) | 36.7 (14.4) |
II | Savanna and productive grassland | 0.4 (0.4) | 0.1 (0.2) | 6.1 (4.2) | 32.2 (29.3) | 30.9 (12.1) |
III | Wooded savanna | 0.1 (0.1) | <0.1 (<0.1) | 51.3 (35.5) | 41.0 (37.3) | 85.7 (33.5) |
IV | Spiny forest and thicket | 14.9 (14.5) | 2.6 (3.2) | 15.6 (10.7) | 11.6 (10.5) | 91.1 (35.6) |
V | Cultivated and abandoned cropland | 6.4 (6.2) | 15.1 (18.9) | 9.7 (6.7) | 16.9 (15.4) | 10.9 (4.1) |
VI | Settlement areaa | 0.4 (0.4) | 0.5 (0.6) | 0.2 (0.2) | 0.6 (0.6) | 0.7 (0.3) |
Total area mapped (km2) | 102.8 | 79.8 | 144.8 | 109.9 | 256.0 | |