%0 Dataset %T Data set of 1:700000 land cover in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of Northwest China in 2005 %J National Cryosphere Desert Data Center %I National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(www.ncdc.ac.cn) %U http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/metadata/31797aeb-248c-4821-8ea3-9fd1b256c290 %W NCDC %R 10.12072/casnw.051.2018.db %A YanChangzhen %A XieJiali %K Land use;land cover;basic geography %X The data set is 1:700000 land cover data of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Northwest China in 2005. This data adopts a hierarchical land cover classification system. The first class of the classification system is consistent with the IPCC system, with a total of 6 categories (woodland, grassland, wetland, cultivated land, artificial surface, others), and the second class uses 38 types with global unified code generated by the LCCs of FAO.