Land Use Data for Latitude 52.75 Longitude -8.25

Locations

Lough Derg (River Shannon) Lough Derg (Shannon) SPA Slievefelim to Silvermines Mountains SPA

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km²)

0
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)	Minerals
Ballynoe (Surface)	Barium-Barite
Mogul (Underground)	Lead, Zinc, Silver
Silvermines	Zinc, Lead, Silver