Concept: Terrain Slope in the eagle vocabulary

Concept URI https://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/landcover/eagle/LCH-terrain-slope
Preferred label Terrain Slope
Definition This parameter carries the steepness or gradient of an ascending terrain. It can be measured in percentage (ratio between vertical difference in height and horizontal distance) or in angle degrees, where 100% corresponds with 90°. In EAGLE context is proposed to use angle degrees.
Notation LCH-terrain-slope
Status Valid
Status Modified 2023-11-29
Accepted Date 2023-11-29
Not Accepted Date
Data Format
  • numeric
isParameter
  • true
isHeader
  • false
code
  • LCH-7_7_1_2
parent
LC/LU Relevance
  • Gen
Thematic Domain Context
  • AGRI, FRST, HABT
Data Unit
  • degree