Africa Surficial Lithology

<p>Created as part of the USGS’s <a href='https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/ecosystems/africa.shtml' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Africa Ecosystems Mapping project</a>, the <a href='https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/ecosystems/africa.shtml#SL' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Africa Surficial Lithology</a> layer maps the geology of Africa into 20 classes based bedrock type and the distribution of unconsolidated surface material. The data available through this layer map the key geological features that affect the distribution of plants and ecosystems in Africa. </p><p><span style='font-size: large; line-height: 1.4142857913581734;'>Dataset Summary</span></p><div><div>This layer provides access to a 100m cell sized raster compiled from multiple sources. The data covers Africa, Madagascar, and other Islands near Africa. It was published by the U.S. Geological Survey and The Nature Conservancy in 2009.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href='https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/ecosystems/africa.shtml' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>Link to source metadata</a><br /> </div><div><font size='4'>What can you do with this layer?</font></div><div><br />This layer has query, identify, and export image services available. The layer is restricted to a 24,000 x 24,000 pixel limit for these services, which represents an area roughly 2,400 kilometers on a side. The source data are available <a href='https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/outgoing/ecosystems/Africadata/' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>here</a>.<br /><span style='text-indent: 0.5in;'> </span><br /><span style='text-indent: 0.5in;'>This layer is part of a larger collection of </span><a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/group.html?owner=esri&amp;title=Landscape%20Layers' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>landscape layers</a><span style='text-indent: 0.5in;'> that you can use to perform a wide variety of mapping and
analysis tasks</span><div style='text-align:Left;'><div><p><span></span></p></div></div></div></div>