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Table 1 Land cover class descriptions

From: An exploratory GIS-based method to identify and characterise landscapes with an elevated epidemiological risk of Rhodesian human African trypanosomiasis

Land cover class

Description

Crops, agricultural and open savannah

Agricultural land or grassland with occasional trees/bushes (not seasonally flooding)

Woodland and dense savannah

Grassland with dense trees/bushes (not seasonally flooding) and patches of woodland

Built up and bare ground

Towns or villages with high building density or bare murrum or mud

Open water

Areas of open water

Lake fringe swamps

Lake edges with a high density of papyrus, water hyacinth and water lilies

Seasonally flooded grassland

Savannah which floods during the wet season, with occasional trees/bushes