Land Use Data for Latitude 53.75 Longitude -6.25

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

Locations

Boyne estuary
Boyne Estuary SPA
Dundalk Bay
Dundalk Bay SPA
Nanny estuary and shoreline
River Nanny Estuary and Shore SPA
Rockabill
Rockabill SPA
Skerries Islands
Stabannan-Braganstown
Stabannan-Braganstown SPA

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299

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)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Podzols

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)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Drogheda (Surface)Magnesite

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.