Land Use Data for Latitude 52.75 Longitude -100.75

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

Locations

Map

Balabas Island

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km²)

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.