Description: This is a map from the Southwest Florida Watershed Management District or SWFWMD of the Manatee River watershed distribution of natural systems from 1995, created on December 5, 2000. The following natural system classifications are shown by color: rangeland (beige), upland coniferous forest (orange), upland hardwood forest and mixed forest (brown), planted pine (yellow), wetland hardwood forest and mixed wetland forest (green), wetland coniferous forest (light green), vegetated non-forested/non-vegetated wetland (fuchsia), salt marsh and mangrove (purple), sea grass (bright green), and open water (blue). It also shows places that are not natural systems (white), the Watershed Management boundary shown by the thick black line, US/State roads, inland water and county boundaries. "Land use and cover data were interpreted from 1:40,000 scale color infrared aerial photographs taken between November of 1989 and March of 1991. Land use and cover data are classified utilizing the Florida Department of Transportation Land Use, Cover and Forms Classification (FLUCCS) System." —Southwest Florida Watershed Management District
Source: Southwest Florida Water Management District, Manatee River Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan Atlas (Brooksville, FL: Southwest Florida Water Management District, 2000)
Map Credit: Courtesy of the Southwest Florida Water Management District |
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