Basic data
Maximum stress
Snow/Clouds/Water
High stress
Extremely high stress
Moderate stress
Very high stress
Low stress
Very low stress
Moderatelylowstress
Average vegetation index. Hydrological period 2011-2012
Natural Resources
51.3 %
Natural and
forest areas
1.6 %
Water and
wetlands areas
44.1 %
Agricultural areas
3 %
Constructed and
Altered Areas
General distribution of land cover *
Andalusian
surface
87,597.7 km
2
31.3 %
Scrublands
with trees
26.6 %
Shrubland and Herbaceous
formations without trees
13.4 %
Grasslands
with trees
11.9 %
Areas scarce
in vegetation
16.8 %
Dense tree
formations
Natural and forest areas *
44,918 km
2
(51.3%)
Remarks:
Dense tree formations (8.6%): conifers (3.8%), eucalyptus (0.6%), quercinae (2.2%), other leafy trees
(0.6%) and riparian formations (1.4%). Scrublands with trees (16%): coniferous and scrubland (4.7%),
eucalyptus and scrubland (0.9%), quercinae and scrubland (8.8%) other leafy trees and mixtures scrubland
(1.8%). Grasslands with trees (6.9%): quercinae and grassland (6.1%) and other leafy trees and scrubland
grassland (0.7%). Shrubland and Herbaceous formations without trees (13.6%): dense shrubland (4.7%),
disperse shrubland (6.5%) and pasturelands (2.4%). Areas scarece in vegetation: destroyed by fire (6.1%):
burnt areas (0.2%), other areas scarce in vegetation (5.5%), beaches, dunes and Sandpits areas (0.1%) Crags
and Mountain peaks (0.4%).
71.7 %
Non irrigated areas
12.5 %
Heterogeneus
agricultural areas
15.8 %
Irrigated areas
Agricultural areas *
38,658.9 km
2
(44.1%)
Remarks:
Heterogeneous agricultural areas (5.5%): crops with space for natural vegetation (2.6%) and mosaics
of irrigated and unirrigated crops (3%). Irrigated surfaces (7%): ricefields (0.5%), irrigated arable crops (4.2%),
woody crops and irrigated mosaics (1.7%) and greenhouses (0.6%). Non irrigated surfaces (31.6%): non
irrigated arable crops (12.3%), olive groves (16.6%), vineyards (0.3%) and other unirrigated woody crops and
mosaics of arable and woody crops (2.4%).
40.4 %
Marshlands and
intertidal areas
4 %
Fresh water lagoons
0.6 %
Estuaries and
tide channels
30.7 %
Reservoirs and Ponds
13.5 %
Rivers and
water courses
0.2 %
Seawater
10.7 %
Salt water lagoons, marshes
and aquaculture areas
Water and wetlands areas *
1,379.4 km
2
(1.6%)
100
80
60
40
20
0
1997
2000
2003
2006
2009
2012
Percentage of the regional territory with
stressed and non stressed vegetation
Stressed vegetation
Non-stressed vegetation
Average value of stressed vegetation
Average value of non stressed vegetation
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Vegetation and land use
