<div dir="ltr">I found interesting the Corine definition for "3.3.3 Sparsely vegetated areas" [1] : it refers to various scenarios, and specify a percentage (10%-50%, or "less than 50%") for vegetation landcover.<br><br>In the similar American paper [2] mentioned in a previous post, we find for barren land (page 18): "less than one-third of the area has vegetation or other cover".<br><br>I think that using a vegetation percentage (less than ...) to define the new tag should be the right choice; without this new tag, all is "scrub"...<br><br>[1] <a href="https://land.copernicus.eu/user-corner/technical-library/corine-land-cover-nomenclature-guidelines/html/index-clc-333.html">https://land.copernicus.eu/user-corner/technical-library/corine-land-cover-nomenclature-guidelines/html/index-clc-333.html</a><br>[2] <a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0964/report.pdf">https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0964/report.pdf </a><br><br><br><br><br></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br> <table style="border-top:1px solid #d3d4de">
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