Land Use Data for Latitude 31.25 Longitude -81.25

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

Locations

Altamaha River Delta
Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge
Little St. Simons Island

Agricultural Land Uses

Shrubs - Extensive pastoralism
Urban land

Ecosystems

Subtropical drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

330 to 359

Soil Types

Acrisols
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Alta Maha River Pit and Dredge (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Brunswick DepositThorium, REE, Zirconium, Titanium
Brunswick-Altamaha Heavy Minerals (Surface)Titanium, Zirconium, REE
German Village Sand Pit (Surface)Sand and Gravel, Construction
Jekyll Island PlacerTitanium
North Darien (Surface)Titanium

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.