Land Use Data for Latitude 52.25 Longitude -110.25

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

Locations

Hansman Lake
Sounding Lake
St. Lawrence Lake

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

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.