Land Use Data for Latitude 42.25 Longitude -100.75

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

Locations

Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Maize

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119

Soil Types

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

Terrain

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

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

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.