Map of the vegetation types of South Africa (including Prince Edward and Marion

Islands), Lesotho and Swaziland. There are 440 zonal and azonal vegetation types

mapped at a working scale of 1:250 000 and sometimes better. The map is the result of a collaborative project involving about 60 individual contributors from a number of organizations. Recommended projections of decimal degrees data: South Africa: Use in view with Map units decimal degrees, Distance units kilometers, or projected view with map units meters, projection Albers, WGS84, Central meridian 24, Reference latitude 0, Standard parallel 1 -32, Standard parallel 2 -18, no false Easting or Northing. Prince Edward Islands: Data are in UTM projection, WGS84, Central Meridian 37 E. Use in view with Map units meters, Distance units kilometers.