Land Use Data for Latitude 53.75 Longitude -7.75

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

Locations

Ballykenny-Fisherstown Bog SPA
Glen Lough SPA
Lough Ree SPA

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

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

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

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.