Land Use Data for Latitude 55.25 Longitude -119.25

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

Locations

Grande Prairie: Trumpeter Swan IBA

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149

Soil Types

Luvisols
Solonetz (Alkali and sodic)

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10

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.