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    Perennial crops make up the largest land cover at 29.21% of the province of Cavite's total area of 127,758 hectares. Built-up areas account for the second largest land cover at 26.93%, followed by annual crops at 15.48%. Forests, both closed and open, comprise only 3.61% of the total land cover. The statistics are based on land cover maps generated from 2016-2017 satellite imagery with a 10-meter resolution.

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    Perennial crops make up the largest land cover at 29.21% of the province of Cavite's total area of 127,758 hectares. Built-up areas account for the second largest land cover at 26.93%, followed by annual crops at 15.48%. Forests, both closed and open, comprise only 3.61% of the total land cover. The statistics are based on land cover maps generated from 2016-2017 satellite imagery with a 10-meter resolution.

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    LCM2020 CVT R4a PH Stat PDF

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    Paulo Edrian Dela Pena
    Perennial crops make up the largest land cover at 29.21% of the province of Cavite's total area of 127,758 hectares. Built-up areas account for the second largest land cover at 26.93%, followed by annual crops at 15.48%. Forests, both closed and open, comprise only 3.61% of the total land cover. The statistics are based on land cover maps generated from 2016-2017 satellite imagery with a 10-meter resolution.

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    2020 LAND COVER STATISTICS

    PROVINCE OF CAVITE
    Land Cover Classification Area in Hectares % of Area
    Closed Forest - -
    Open Forest 4,367 3.42
    Mangrove Forest 246 0.19
    Sub-total Forest 4,613 3.61
    Brush/Shrubs 18,872 14.77
    Grassland 10,600 8.30
    Annual Crop 19,774 15.48
    Perennial Crop 37,320 29.21
    Open/Barren 361 0.28
    Built-up 34,403 26.93
    Fishpond 746 0.58
    Marshland/Swamp - -
    Inland Water 1,069 0.84
    Grand Total 127,758 100.00
    Notes:
    Forest plantations depending on age may have been classified under Closed/Open Forest or other
    categories.
    Statistics are based from the 2020 Land Cover Maps (PRS'92 UTM Zone 51N projection) generated
    from 2016 to 2017 Sentinel-2 satellite imagery from European Space Agency (ESA) with 10-meter
    resolution.
    Administrative boundaries used to generate the provincial statistics are approximate in the absence
    of the official administrative boundary.

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