Land Use Data for Latitude 53.25 Longitude -6.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Baldoyle Bay Baldoyle Bay SPA Broadmeadow/Swords Estuary SPA Dalkey Islands SPA Dublin Bay Howth Head Lambay Island Lambay Island SPA Malahide/ Broadmeadow Estuary North Bull Island North Bull Island SPA North Wicklow coastal marshes Rogerstown estuary Rogerstown Estuary SPA Sandymount Strand/Tolka Estuary SPA The Murrough SPA Wicklow Mountains Wicklow Mountains SPA |
Agricultural Land Uses
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)Cropped 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)
240 to 269270 to 299
300 to 329
Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Luvisols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0 to 0.50.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
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.
