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Layer: Degraded land (ID: 20)

Name: Degraded land

Display Field: DESCRIPTIO

Type: Feature Layer

Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon

Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><TABLE STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><TBODY><TR><TD STYLE="padding:0 0 0 0;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Degradation is the process of destruction of productive land mainly because of misuse or overuse. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Degradation and the subsequent loss of species, habitats and ecological functions not only threaten the long term sustainability of natural systems, but also the capacity of all terrestrial systems to support human livelihoods and lifestyles (Balance 2001). </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Since degraded land may lead to a decline in the productivity of land, as well as the loss of vegetation and resources to support human livelihoods and commercial activities, this map indicates a measurement of the extent of land degradation as indicated by three classes, namely: barren rock, degraded vegetation and dongas. It also indicate levels of soil erodibility. </SPAN></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>

Service Item Id: fdd08dd357b645af9e89f052420bef29

Copyright Text: South African National Biodiversity Institute, www.sanbi.org.za, WRC (WR90).

Default Visibility: false

MaxRecordCount: 2000

Supported Query Formats: JSON, geoJSON, PBF

Min Scale: 0

Max Scale: 0

Supports Advanced Queries: true

Supports Statistics: true

Has Labels: false

Can Modify Layer: true

Can Scale Symbols: false

Use Standardized Queries: true

Supports Datum Transformation: true

Extent:
Drawing Info: Advanced Query Capabilities:
HasZ: false

HasM: false

Has Attachments: false

HTML Popup Type: esriServerHTMLPopupTypeAsHTMLText

Type ID Field: null

Fields:
Supported Operations:   Query   Query Attachments   Query Analytic   Generate Renderer   Return Updates

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