geobr (version 1.1)

read_biomes: Download official data of Brazilian biomes as an sf object.

Description

This data set includes polygons of all biomes present in Brazilian territory and coastal area. The latest data set dates to 2019 and it is available at scale 1:250.000. The 2004 data set is at the scale 1:5.000.000. The original data comes from IBGE. More information at https://www.ibge.gov.br/apps/biomas/

Usage

read_biomes(year = NULL)

Arguments

year

A date number in YYYY format (defaults to 2019)

See Also

Other general area functions: read_amazon, read_census_tract, read_conservation_units, read_country, read_immediate_region, read_intermediate_region, read_meso_region, read_micro_region, read_municipality, read_region, read_semiarid, read_state, read_statistical_grid, read_weighting_area

Examples

# NOT RUN {
library(geobr)

# Read biomes
  b <- read_biomes(year=2019)

# }
# NOT RUN {
# }