Land Use Data for Latitude 53.25 Longitude -9.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Inner Galway Bay Inner Galway Bay SPA Lough Corrib |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralismCropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Growing Period (days)
270 to 299300 to 329
330 to 359
Soil Types
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Luvisols
Podzols
Unknown
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 10Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Tynagh (Underground) | Barium-Barite |
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.
