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Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma

First region fully processed: forest cover, species, biomass/carbon and dieback, calibrated and validated against independent sources.

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Why this data

Free global products (Hansen, ESA WorldCover, ESA CCI Biomass) apply generic thresholds that underestimate forest cover by about 40% in sparse-canopy areas, and never distinguish species. These layers are calibrated specifically for this region from Sentinel-1/2 imagery and GEDI LIDAR data, with species-level discrimination (no global product offers this), and validated against independent sources: +4.3% difference from SIREDD (ANEF) for broadleaf cover, -2.7% difference from ESA CCI Biomass 2022 for biomass density. Full methodology documented, known limitations stated explicitly.

Layers

Administrative boundaries

Click a region to see its available layers. Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima is the first region processed, others follow one by one.

Sources

  • Basemap: Esri World Imagery
  • Admin. boundaries and regional division: official Morocco sources
  • Relief (DEM): SRTM, 30 m resolution (NASA/USGS)
  • Watersheds: extracted from the SRTM DEM
  • Dams: Geoportail's own data
  • Cities: geographic landmarks, population from the 2024 census (HCP)

Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma

Available layers

First region fully processed (Sentinel-1/2, GEDI, locally calibrated models).

Basemap: Esri World Imagery satellite imagery. DEM: SRTM, 30 m resolution — major watersheds are extracted from this DEM. Relief and dams: Geoportail's own data. Administrative boundaries and regional division: official Morocco sources. Cities and population/household data: 2024 census (RGPH), Haut-Commissariat au Plan (HCP).