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European Mountain Areas

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Prod-ID: DAT-215-en

Created 23 Jul 2019 Published 30 Jul 2019 Last modified 30 Jul 2019

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The delineation of European mountain areas was carried out by using digital elevation models, considering different criteria combination of thresholds of altitude, climate, and topography variables (IP2008 8.2.7 Regional and territorial development of mountain areas, ETC/LUSI - EEA). This dataset was created in 2008, covers the full European continent and is a reference layer for the EEA Report No 6/2010 on Europe's ecological backbone: recognising the true value of our mountain.

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