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National land cover dataset for various land uses, 1990 and 2013-2014

The Department of Environmental Affairs’ geographic information systems (EGIS) unit provides a land cover dataset for the years 1990 and 2013-14, which includes data for agriculture, forestry, vegetation, wetlands, mining and urban land use. Online registration is required, but the data is available for public download.

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