Land Use Data for Latitude 53.25 Longitude -9.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Aran Islands (parts) Connemara Bogs (south-east), including Roundstone Bog |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 to 299
300 to 329
330 to 359
above 360
Soil Types
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Podzols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 10Agricultural 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.
