Figure 9: Geographic map of Cabinda
Figure 9: Geographic map of Cabinda
Cabinda is part of the People's Republic of Angola, separated from it by a small area around the river Congo which secures Zaire's access to the ocean.
The major income in this part of Angola comes from the exploitation of forests. Agricultural products are only used for national food supply. Oil prospecting is underway on the continental shelf .
Image 32 provides an overview of the coastal zone of Cabinda. Different grey levels indicate a certain variability of the land cover. A coherent grey surface (as, for example, in Equatorial Guinea) cannot be detected. For detailed interpretation of the different land use patterns, a multitemporal approach would be very valuable as assessment via a mono-temporal approach without any terrain knowledge is very difficult.
Image 32: Coastal zone of Cabinda (Angola) seen from ERS-SAR
(Image acquired on August 14, 1994)
One can however speculate that the dark areas are likely to correspond to wooded areas (also due to the fact that this area encloses some mountain ridges visible in the lower left side of the image). The light grey area is possibly covered by savanna.
Image 33 shows the town of Cabinda (white in the image) which is located in front of a hilly terrain cut into smaller areas by valleys (visible in light grey).
Image 33: Town of Cabinda
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