Question
Land Use and Land Cover
| 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 type of land and need for the people. | (iii) Land cover is 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. |
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