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Classification Schemes Have Labels and
Rules Are Exhaustive Are Mutually
Exclusive Are Hierarchical
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• Classification Schemes
• Labels
• Names given to groups in the scheme.
• Rules
• Specific instructions for assigning
• an item to a group

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Classification Schemes Are
Exhaustive There is a class for every item
being examined. Mutually Exclusive Any
item fits into one and only one
class. Hierarchical The scheme is layered,
with each layer being more specific than the
previous one. An outline is hierarchical.
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The MUC System Structure

• Natural Land Cover (classes 0 - 7)
• 7 types of biomes (classes 0 - 6)
• open water (class 7)
• Developed Land Cover (classes 8 9)

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The MUC System Structure Natural Biomes

• Class 0 Closed Forests
• Class 2 Shrublands
• Class 4 Herbaceous Vegetation
• Grasslands (Classes 41, 42, 43) Forbs (Class
  44)
• Class 5 Barren Land

• Class 1 Woodlands
• Class 3 Dwarf Shrublands
• Class 6 Wetlands