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USGS Education Map Catalog:  Land Status and Land Cover

Teach and learn about land status and land cover using these USGS maps. Maps of land status and land cover show such features as forest cover and federal status of land ownership. Click on any of the map titles or images below to examine a image [larger image sizes up to 10 MB, some in PDF format, obtain Adobe Acrobat reader at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html).

Thumbnail of Federal Lands map and link to larger JPG image

Federal Lands of the USA--Use this map of federal lands of the USA to teach and learn about the distribution and extent of national parks, tribal lands, national forests, Bureau of Land Management lands, military reservations, and other federal lands. Map measures 29"x19.5"

Product ID Number 100854

Thumbnail of Land Cover of the USA map and link to larger PDF image

Land Cover of the USA--Use this map of land cover of the conterminous USA to teach and learn about the extent and distribution of cropland, scrub, forests, urban areas, grassland, and other land cover types, as well as the relationship of land cover to climate, to population distribution, to latitude, and to elevation. Map measures 56"x36".

Product ID Number 112765

Thumbnail of Forest Cover of the USA Map and link to larger JPG image

Forest Cover of the USA--Use this map of USA forest cover to teach and learn about the extent of forest land, the type of forest land, and the relationship of forest land to other land cover types, to elevation, to latitude, to climate, and to population distribution. Map measures 28"x32".

Product ID Number 100615


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