Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

1. Artificial surfaces

1.1 Urban fabric

1.1.1 Continuous urban fabric

1.1.2 Discontinuous urban fabric

1.2 Industrial, commercial and transport units

1.2.1 Industrial or commercial units

1.2.2 Road and rail networks and associated land

1.2.3 Sea ports

1.2.4 Airports

1.3 Mines, dumps and construction sites

1.3.1 Mineral extraction sites

1.3.2 Dump

1.3.3 Construction sites

1.4 Artificial non-agricultural vegetated areas

1.4.1 Green urban areas

1.4.2 Sport and leisure facilities

2. Agricultural areas

2.1 Arable land

2.1.1 Non-irrigated arable land

2.1.2 Permanently irrigated land

2.1.3 Rice fields

2.2 Permanent crops

2.2.1 Vineyards

2.2.2 Fruit trees and berries plantations

2.2.3 Olive groves

2.3 Pastures

2.3.1 Pastures

2.4 Heterogeneous agricultural areas

2.4.1 Annual crops associated with permanent crops

2.4.2 Complex cultivation patterns

2.4.3 Land principally occupied by agriculture with significant areas of natural vegetation

2.4.4 Agro-forestries

3. Forest and semi-natural areas

3.1 Forests

3.1.1 Broad leafed forest

3.1.2 Coniferous forests

3.1.3 Mixed forest

3.2 Scrub and/or herbaceous vegetation associations

3.2.1 Natural grassland

3.2.2 Moors and heathlands

3.2.3 Sclerophyllous vegetation

3.2.4 Transitional woodland-scrub

3.3 Open spaces with little or no vegetation

3.3.1 Beaches, dunes, sand

3.3.2 Bare rocks

3.3.3 Sparsely vegetated areas

3.3.4 Burnt areas

3.3.5 Glaciers and permanent snowfields

4. Wetlands

4.1 Inland wetlands

4.1.1 Inland marshes

4.1.2 Peat bogs

4.2 Coastal wetlands

4.2.1 Salt marshes

4.2.2 Salines

4.2.3 Intertidal flats

5. Water bodies

5.1 Continental waters

5.1.1 Stream courses

5.1.2 Water bodies

5.2 Marine waters

5.2.1 Coastal lagoons

5.2.2 Estuaries

5.2.3 Sea and ocean