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Description	Global Desertification Vulnerability Map
Source	http://soils.usda.gov/use/worldsoils/mapindex/desert-map.zip
Date	1998
Author	USDA employee
Permission	This image is a work of a United States Department of Agriculture employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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About the Map: The Desertification Vulnerability map is based on a reclassification of the global soil climate map and global soil map.
Possible Uses of the Map: Useful for teachers and students who are interested in the global distribution of desertification vulnerability. Global modelers may be able to use the data for small scale analysis.

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Source: Soil map and soil climate map, USDA-NRCS, Soil Survey Division, World Soil Resources, Washington D.C.
Data Aggregation and Reliability: The Desertification Vulnerability map data is rasterized on a 2 minute grid cell.
Data Definitions: Four vulnerability classes are defined based on soil climate and soil classification.
Data Disclaimer: Country boundaries are not authoritative.
Database Manager: Paul Reich, Geographer, World Soil Resources. Email: paul.reich@usda.gov

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Map Identification: desert.jpg
Production Date: 1998
Geographic Coverage: Global
Projection: Geographic
Minimum Scale: 1:5,000,000

[edit] Licensing

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. See Copyright.

Note: This only applies to works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision.