Land Use Data for Latitude 43.25 Longitude -78.75

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

Locations

Niagara River Corridor

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Urban land
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Soybeans

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179

Soil Types

Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

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.