Land Use Data for Latitude 64.25 Longitude -21.75

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

Locations

Hvalfjardareyri-Laxárvogur
Innstavogsnes-Grunnafjördur

Ecosystems

Polar

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89
90 to 119
120 to 149

Soil Types

Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50
50 to 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.