Land Use Data for Latitude 42.75 Longitude -79.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Port Colborne (breakwater and mainland) |
Agricultural Land Uses
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePoultry
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Oil-bearing crops
Soybeans
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209Soil Types
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 55 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.
