Land Use Data for Latitude 53.75 Longitude -112.75

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

Locations

Elk Island National Park

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
10 to 50

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.