Land Use Data for Latitude 52.25 Longitude -9.75

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

Locations

Akeragh, Banna and Barrow Harbour SPA
Castlemaine Harbour
Castlemaine Harbour SPA
Kerry Head SPA
Killarney National Park
Killarney National Park SPA
Tralee Bay and Barrow Harbour

Agricultural Land Uses

Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

330 to 359
above 360

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

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.