Land Use Data for Latitude 49.75 Longitude -100.75

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

Locations

Oak Lake/Plum Lakes Area

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Rapeseed
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black 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
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.