Land Use Data for Latitude -52.25 Longitude -59.25

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

Locations

Bull Point, East Falkland
Sea Lion Islands Group

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119

Soil Types

Histosols (Peat and muck soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30

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.