Land Use Data for Latitude 55.25 Longitude -99.25

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

Locations

Midwestern Canadian Shield forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Growing Period (days)

120 to 149

Soil Types

Histosols (Peat and muck soils)

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)

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.