Land Use Data for Latitude -51.75 Longitude -60.25

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

Locations

Map

Hummock Island Group

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Histosols (Peat and muck soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
8 to 16

Population Density (persons per km²)

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.