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Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps: Africa, continued

Lists of online vegetation maps from website titled "Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps." These lists of links are no longer being actively maintained and are provided for archival purposes only.

Africa, continued

Algeria

Afrika Kartenwerk. N7. Vegetationsgeographie. Nordafrika (Tunesien, Algerien)
Carte de la végétation de L'Algérie: Ghardaia, Guelt-Es-Stel-Djelfa

Angola

Angola : Vegetation Cover
Carta de vegetação do Planalto Ocidental da Cela
Carta fitogeográfica de Angola

Benin

Atlas of Natural and Agronomic Resources of Niger and Benin
Benin: Distribution of Pentadesma Butyracea
Comoe National Park and Kouffe Mountains Gallery Forest Sites in Cote d'Ivoire and Benin, West Africa
The Four Proposed Floristic Areas of Benin Based on Major Plant Community Patterns  (In Vegetation Patterns and Environmental Gradients in Benin / Aristide Cossi Adomou, fig. 2.3)
Map of Benin Showing the Three Major Vegetation Zones According to WhiteL (1983) and the Locations of Protected Areas  (In Vegetation Patterns and Environmental Gradients in Benin / Aristide Cossi Adomou, fig. 1.3)
Penessoulou Forest Reserve in Benin
République du Benin. Carte de Végétation.
Vegetation Zones in Niger and Benin : Past and Present Zonation

Botswana

Land Systems of Eastern Bechuanaland
Republic of Botswana Vegetation, Northern State Lands
Vegetation of Botswana
Vegetation Map of the Republic of Botswana

Burkina Faso

Atlas de la Haute-Volta. Arbres et Arbustus. Carte de Répartition et de Présence de 65 Espèces

Cameroon

Africa Vegetation Maps : Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Gabon, Cameroon
Afrika Kartenwerk. W7. Vegetationsgeographie. Westafrika (Nigeria, Kamerun)
The Bamenda Area. Vegetation Map
Cameroun. Mbonge-Boa. Forest Resources
Carte phytogéographique du Cameroun
Comparison of Radar Based Vegetation Classification Map (left) with the Ecological Map of Cameroon Based on Visual Interpretation of 1970s Landsat Images
Ecological Map of the Vegetation Cover of Cameroon
South Cameroon : Land Cover Image Derived from a 1993 NOAA AVHRR Image; Land Cover Image Derived from a 1995 SPOT-HRV Mosaic; Land Cover Changes Between 1968 and 1993 in South Cameroon

Central African Republic

Carte phytogéographique de la République Centrafricaine

Chad

Bassin du Lac Tchad Végétation = Lake Chad Basin Vegetation
Esquisse de la Couverture Végétale du Tchad en Relation avec les Sols, au Sud du 16e Parallèle
Légende de la Carte de la Géologie Simplifiée et Végétation au 1/5 M = Legend of the map of Simplified Geology and Vegetation 1/5 M (Comission du Bassin du Lac Tchad = Lake Chad Basin Comission) Synthèse Hydrologique du Bassin du Lac Tchad

Congo (Brazzaville)

Africa Vegetation Maps : Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Gabon, Cameroon

Congo (Zaïre)

Africa Vegetation Maps : Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Gabon, Cameroon
[Congo Basin Forest Zone] : Belgian Satellite Vegetation Map 1996
Congo. Phyto-géographie
Distribution of deforestation and mining concessions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Logging concessions and protected areas of the DRC
Forest Cover in Zaïre, also Showing Forest Protected Areas
New Land Cover Map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Our Forests, Our Future
Phytogeography of Congo from Des Coings, 1969
République Democratique du Congo
Vegetation, Democratic Republic of Congo
Vegetation Map, Democratic Republic of the Congo [2007?]
Vegetation Map of the Congo Basin
Vegetation of Democratic Republic of Congo from Devred, 1958
World Heritage Sites, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Côte d'Ivoire

Carte de la végétation de la Côte d'Ivoire  (4 feuilles)
Comoe National Park and Kouffe Mountains Gallery Forest Sites in Cote d'Ivoire and Benin, West Africa

Ethiopia

Vegetation Map of Ethiopia (2006)
Vegetation Map of Ethiopia (including Eritrea)

Gabon

Africa Vegetation Maps : Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Gabon, Cameroon
Phytogeography of Gabon from Caballe, 1978

Ghana

Accra Plains Vegetation
Ghana Vegetation Zones
The Gold Coast Grassland Associations (Provisional)
The Gold Coast with Togoland under U.K. Administration Vegetation Zones
Navrongo-Bawku Area Vegetation and Land Use
Ochi-Nakwa Basin Vegetation and Land Use
Volta Basin, West Africa [Ghana] : MODIS VCF Tree Density Map.

Guinea

Carte de L'Utilisation des Terres et de la Couverture Végétale, Guinée - Massif du Fouta-Djallon = Land Use and Vegetation Cover Map, Guinea - Fouta-Djallon Massif
Guinea Forest Map
Republic of Guinea Ecological Zones

Kenya

Garsen Vegetation and Present Land Use Map
Landsat ETM+ Land Cover Classification Result of 2001 for the Subset of Kakamega Forest, Displayed Together with the Official Forest Boundary as Gazetted in 1933
Map Sheet 130, Appendix 4 to Report no. R4 "Soils of the Kisii Area" : ... Present Land Use, Vegetation ...
Mandera District ... Wajir District ... Vegetation
Marsabit District ... Vegetation
Mount Kenya Vegetation Map
Narok District Vegetation
Reconnaissance Vegetation Map of the Amboseli-Kibwezi Area
Reconnaissance Vegetation Map of the Mtito Andei Area
Reconnaissance Vegetation Map of the Voi Area
Samburu District
Soil map and Vegetation Map of Kiboko Range Research
Soils of the Kapenguria Area ... Present Land Use, Vegetation ...
Vegetation and Land Cover for Kakamega and the Nandi Forests - Vegetation Map 1966/69; Forest cover 1967; FD Forest Map 1972; KIFCON Map 1991
Vegetation and Land Use Map of the Kilifi Area
Wema

Liberia

Vegetation Landuse of the Mano River Union Project Area in Liberia

Libya

Geobotanical Map, Ra's Umm Al Gharânîq

Madagascar

Carte Internationale du Tapis Végétal et des Conditions Écologiques, Baie d'Ampasindava République Malgache
Carte Internationale du Tapis Végétal et des Conditions Écologiques, Mangoky - Cap Ste Marie, République Malgache
Esquisse de la Végétation du Sud-Ouest de Madagascar
Forest cover map of Madagascar [and West Africa] derived from SPOT VGT data
Formations Végétales et Domaine Forestier National de Madagascar
Madagascar - Forest cover map (1998-1999)
Madagascar : a New Approach to Vegetation Classification and Mapping
Madagascar Protected Areas
Madagascar Remaining Primary Vegetation
Madagascar Remaining Primary Vegetation Classified by the Underlying Geology
Madagascar Vegetation Map
Madagascar's Littoral Forests
Malagasy/Indo-australo-malesian Phytogeographic Connections

Malawi

Malawi Vegetation/Biotic Communities

Mauritania

Carte de types de recouvrements des Forêts dans le Sud-Ouest de la Mauritanie = Forest Cover Type Map of Southwestern Mauritania

Morocco

Forêts, Atlas du Maroc

Mozambique

Vegetation Map of Muaredzi

Namibia

Namibia : Main Biomes and Vegetation Types
Physiographical Regions of Namibia ... ; Distribution of the Three Savanna Types According to Geographical Region and Area of Mopane in Namibia

Niger

Atlas of Natural and Agronomic Resources of Niger and Benin
Carte Internationale du Tapis Végétal et des Conditions Ecologiques: Djado
Vegetation Zones in Niger and Benin : Past and Present Zonation

Nigeria

Afrika. Kartenwerk. W7. Vegetationsgeographie. Westafrika (Nigeria, Kamerun)
North East Nigeria Grassland Communities
Soil Survey Niger Floodplain, Jebba-Lokoja. Vegetation Map Pilot Area
Vegetation and Land Use Analysis [Nigeria]
Vegetation Map of Nigeria

Saint Helena

St. Helena. Vegetation

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Vegetation

South Africa

Bioclimatic Map of the Mediterranean Zone: South Africa
Biomes of South Africa
Biomes of South Africa; Veld types of South Africa
City of Capetown Biodiversity Network
Conservation Areas of South Africa
Distribution of Wetlands in South Africa
Floristic Hot Spots
Invasive Alien Plants in South Africa
[Kalahari Desert]
National Land Cover of South Africa
[South Africa] Environmental Potential Atlas
South Africa Vegetation Map
Soutpansberg Arid Mountain Bushveld Savanna Biome
Vegetation Map of the Tugela Basin
Vegetation of South Africa
Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland

Sudan

Jebel Marra Project Area, Darfur Province, Republic of Sudan Reconnaissance Vegetation Map

Tanzania

Lower Mgeta Area Vegetation and Land Use
Map of the Serengeti National Park and the Surrounding Area
Physiography and Natural Vegetation of the Mbozi Area

Togo

The Gold Coast with Togoland under U.K. Administration Vegetation Zones

Tunisia

Afrika Kartenwerk. N7. Vegetationsgeographie. Nordafrika (Tunesien, Algerien)
Carte Internationale du Tapis Végétal: Tunis-Sfax

Uganda

Changing land use around Kass [Darfur, Sudan] 1973-2006.
Kibale National Park, Uganda : Vegetation
Uganda and Kibale National Park
Uganda and Kibale National Park

Victoria, Lake Region

[Lake Victoria Region Forests]

Zambezi Basin

Biomes of the Zambezi Basin; Zambezi Basin Vegetation Types

Index

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Africa

Asia

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Europe

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Central America

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South America

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  • Amazon Basin
  • South America by Country and Region

North America

Pacific

Arctic (Polar Regions)

Guide History

Original title of website: Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps

Compiled by Claire Englander (1996-2013).  Founding co-compiler Philip Hoehn (1996-2009).   With thanks to Phyllis Bischof, Ed Colijn, Rheal Coupal, John Creaser, Larry Cruse, Joe Dalton, Hugh Eva, Vic Fazio, Xavier Font Castell, Steve Glenn, Lawrence Hislop, Robert Hoare, Michael Jennings, Stephen Killeffer, Brian Klinkenberg, Raino Lampinen, Andrew Lillie, David MacDevette, Philippe Mayaux, Justin Moat, Jim Moore, Tom Owens, Scott Sundberg, Thomas A. Stone, Urs-Beat Brändli, Rob Waller, Hugh D.Wilson and George Wooten.

Maps are no longer being added to or deleted from these lists - the lists are maintained in this guide for archival purposes only.

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