The land morphology concept and mapping method and its application to mainland Portugal

The results show that the automated LMM method and data used is robust enough to map landforms on a national scale, with sufficient detail to capture finer landforms details at the local scale. This method can be applied across regions and countries (simply by modifying slope gradient) and is a complementary tool to other landform classifications to solve the mapping issues that occur in flat areas when the hillslope is absent. It also may contribute to enhance ecological land unit's maps and soil maps, by modelling natural systems and map ecosystem services accurately, e.g. valley bottoms and floodplains, give information about flood risk areas. It may contribute to support environmental and planning authorities in taking decisions based on a more thorough analysis of land value and ecological functions, across scales.