Land Use Data for Latitude 55.25 Longitude -68.75

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

Locations

Eastern Canadian Shield taiga ecoregion

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

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.