Land Use Data for Latitude 54.25 Longitude -8.75

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

Locations

Ardboline Island and Horse Island
Ardboline Island and Horse Island SPA
Ballysadare Bay
Cummeen Strand (Sligo Harbour)
Cummeen Strand SPA
Drumcliff Bay and Ballintemple
Drumcliff Bay SPA
Inishmurray
Inishmurray SPA

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

0 to 2
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.