Land cover in 2002 in the Somme

Land cover is categorized into a number of items that varies according to the origin of the data. Description of land use, on a large scale, according to a typology, declined in 3 levels. The first level classifies the zones in a generic way, classifying them into artificial lands, agricultural lands, forests and semi-natural environments, water surface. The 2nd and 3rd levels make it possible to refine this classification. The documents available below provide the complete nomenclature and the methodology applied.