Differentiate between :
Land use and Landcover
Solution
Land Use |
Land Cover |
(i) Land use describes the use of land by people for different activities, such as recreation, housing, agriculture, educational institutes, etc. |
(i) Land cover describes the physical surface covering the land such as forest rock, ice, sand, water, etc. |
(ii) For example, in any city, people may use some land for housing, some for recreation, some for sports ground, etc. |
(ii) For example, in any area land may be covered by natural factors such as vegetation, river, sand dune, snow-covered mountain, etc. |
(iii) Land use may change from place to place depending upon the type of land and need for the people. |
(iii) Land cover is a natural factor it hardly changes unless man purposefully makes changes in it. |
(iv) Land use cannot be studied by the satellite imagery alone. |
(iv) Land cover can be studied by satellite imagery. |