Land Use Data for Latitude 53.75 Longitude -7.75Area 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 higherGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 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 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
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.
