Land Use Data for Latitude 42.75 Longitude -6.25

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

ALTO SIL
Cantabrian mixed forests ecoregion
Gistreo and Coto mountain ranges
OMAÑAS
VALLE DE SAN EMILIANO

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands
Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.