| Amersfoort Highveld Clay Grassland |
| Andesite Mountain Bushveld |
| Barberton Montane Grassland |
| Barberton Serpentine Sourveld |
| Central Sandy Bushveld |
| Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld |
| Delagoa Lowveld |
| Eastern Highveld Grassland |
| Frankfort Highveld Grassland |
| Gabbro Grassy Bushveld |
| Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld |
| Granite Lowveld |
| Ithala Quartzite Sourveld |
| KaNgwane Montane Grassland |
| Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld |
| KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld |
| Lebombo Summit Sourveld |
| Legogote Sour Bushveld |
| Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland |
| Loskop Mountain Bushveld |
| Loskop Thornveld |
| Low Escarpment Moist Grassland |
| Lowveld Riverine Forest |
| Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld |
| Lydenburg Thornveld |
| Makuleke Sandy Bushveld |
| Malelane Mountain Bushveld |
| Mopane Basalt Shrubland |
| Mopane Gabbro Shrubland |
| Non-terrestrial (Aquatic) |
| Northern Afrotemperate Forest |
| Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos |
| Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland |
| Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld |
| Northern Free State Shrubland |
| Northern Lebombo Bushveld |
| Northern Mistbelt Forest |
| Nwambyia-Pumbe Sandy Bushveld |
| Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld |
| Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland |
| Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld |
| Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld |
| Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld |
| Rand Highveld Grassland |
| Scarp Forest |
| Sekhukhune Montane Grassland |
| Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld |
| Southern Lebombo Bushveld |
| Southern Mistbelt Forest |
| Soweto Highveld Grassland |
| Springbokvlakte Thornveld |
| Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland |
| Swaziland Sour Bushveld |
| Tsakane Clay Grassland |
| Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld |
| Tzaneen Sour Bushveld |
| Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland |
| Zululand Lowveld |
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| contiguous (indigenous) forest |
| contiguous low forest & thicket |
| dense forest & woodland |
| open woodland |
| contiguous & dense plantation forest |
| open & sparse plantation forest |
| temporary unplanted (clear-felled) plantation forest |
| low shrubland (other) |
| low shrubland (fynbos) |
| low shrubland (succulent karoo) |
| low shrubland (nama karoo) |
| sparsely wooded grassland |
| natural grassland |
| natural rivers |
| natural estuaries & lagoons |
| natural ocean & coastal |
| natural lakes |
| natural pans (flooded @ observation times) |
| artificial dams (including canals) |
| artificial sewage ponds |
| artificial flooded mine pits |
| herbaceous wetlands (currently mapped) |
| herbaceous wetlands (previously mapped) |
| mangrove wetlands |
| natural rock surfaces |
| dry pans |
| eroded lands |
| sand dunes (terrestrial) |
| coastal sand & dunes |
| bare riverbed material |
| other bare |
| cultivated commercial permanent orchards |
| cultivated commercial permanent vines |
| cultivated commercial sugarcane pivot irrigated |
| cultivated commercial permanent pineapples |
| cultivated commercial sugarcane non-pivot |
| cultivated emerging farmer sugarcane non-pivot |
| commercial annual crops pivot irrigated |
| commercial annual crops non-pivot irrigated |
| commercial annual crops rain-fed / dryland |
| subsistence / small-scale annual crops |
| fallow land & old fields (trees) |
| fallow land & old fields (bush) |
| fallow land & old fields (grass) |
| fallow land & old fields (bare) |
| fallow land & old fields (low shrub) |
| residential formal (tree) |
| residential formal (bush) |
| residential formal (low veg / grass) |
| residential formal (bare) |
| residential informal (tree) |
| residential informal (bush) |
| residential informal (low veg / grass) |
| residential informal (bare) |
| village scattered (bare & low veg/ grss combo) |
| village dense (bare & low veg / grss combo) |
| smallholdings (tree) |
| smallholdings (bush) |
| smallholdings (low veg / grass) |
| smallholdings (bare) |
| urban recreational fields (tree) |
| urban recreational fields (bush) |
| urban recreational fields (grass) |
| urban recreational fields (bare) |
| commercial |
| industrial |
| roads & rails (major linear) |
| mines: surface infrastructure |
| mines: extraction pits, quarries |
| mines: salt mines |
| mine: tailings and resource dumps |
| land-fills |
| fallow land & old fields (wetlands) |
| artificial dams (including canals) |
| artificial flooded mine pits |
| artificial sewage ponds |
| bare riverbed material |
| commercial |
| commercial annual crops non-pivot irrigated |
| commercial annual crops pivot irrigated |
| commercial annual crops rain-fed / dryland |
| contiguous & dense plantation forest |
| contiguous (indigenous) forest |
| contiguous low forest & thicket |
| cultivated commercial permanent orchards |
| cultivated commercial sugarcane non-pivot |
| cultivated commercial sugarcane pivot irrigated |
| cultivated emerging farmer sugarcane non-pivot |
| dense forest & woodland |
| dry pans |
| eroded lands |
| fallow land & old fields (bare) |
| fallow land & old fields (bush) |
| fallow land & old fields (grass) |
| fallow land & old fields (trees) |
| fallow land & old fields (wetlands) |
| herbaceous wetlands (currently mapped) |
| herbaceous wetlands (previously mapped) |
| industrial |
| land-fills |
| low shrubland (other) |
| mine: tailings and resource dumps |
| mines: extraction pits, quarries |
| mines: surface infrastructure |
| natural grassland |
| natural pans (flooded @ observation times) |
| natural rivers |
| natural rock surfaces |
| open & sparse plantation forest |
| open woodland |
| other bare |
| residential formal (bare) |
| residential formal (bush) |
| residential formal (low veg / grass) |
| residential formal (tree) |
| residential informal (bare) |
| residential informal (bush) |
| residential informal (low veg / grass) |
| residential informal (tree) |
| roads & rails (major linear) |
| smallholdings (bare) |
| smallholdings (bush) |
| smallholdings (low veg / grass) |
| smallholdings (tree) |
| sparsely wooded grassland |
| subsistence / small-scale annual crops |
| temporary unplanted (clear-felled) plantation forest |
| urban recreational fields (bare) |
| urban recreational fields (bush) |
| urban recreational fields (grass) |
| urban recreational fields (tree) |
| village dense (bare & low veg / grss combo) |
| village scattered (bare & low veg/ grss combo) |
| Bare Rock and Soil (erosion : dongas / gullies) |
| Bare Rock and Soil (erosion : sheet) |
| Bare Rock and Soil (natural) |
| Cultivated, permanent, commercial, dryland |
| Cultivated, permanent, commercial, irrigated |
| Cultivated, permanent, commercial, sugarcane |
| Cultivated, temporary, commercial, dryland |
| Cultivated, temporary, commercial, irrigated |
| Cultivated, temporary, subsistence, dryland |
| Cultivated, temporary, subsistence, irrigated |
| Degraded Forest & Woodland |
| Degraded Shrubland and Low Fynbos |
| Degraded Thicket, Bushland, etc |
| Degraded Unimproved (natural) Grassland |
| Forest (indigenous) |
| Forest Plantations (Acacia spp) |
| Forest Plantations (Eucalyptus spp) |
| Forest Plantations (Other / mixed spp) |
| Forest Plantations (Pine spp) |
| Forest Plantations (clearfelled) |
| Herbland |
| Improved Grassland |
| Mines & Quarries (mine tailings, waste dumps) |
| Mines & Quarries (surface-based mining) |
| Mines & Quarries (underground / subsurface mining) |
| Shrubland and Low Fynbos |
| Thicket, Bushland, Bush Clumps, High Fynbos |
| Unimproved (natural) Grassland |
| Urban / Built-up (residential) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, flatland) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, formal suburbs) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, formal township) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, hostels) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, informal squatter camp) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, informal township) |
| Urban / Built-up (residential, mixed) |
| Urban / Built-up (rural cluster) |
| Urban / Built-up (smallholdings, grassland) |
| Urban / Built-up (smallholdings, shrubland) |
| Urban / Built-up (smallholdings, thicket, bushland) |
| Urban / Built-up (smallholdings, woodland) |
| Urban / Built-up, (commercial, education, health, IT) |
| Urban / Built-up, (commercial, mercantile) |
| Urban / Built-up, (industrial / transport : heavy) |
| Urban / Built-up, (industrial / transport : light) |
| Waterbodies |
| Wetlands |
| Woodland (previously termed Forest and Woodland) |