Land Use Data for Latitude 55.75 Longitude -6.25

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

Locations

Bridgend Flats, Islay
Eilean na Muice Duibh, Islay
Eilean na Muice Duibhe
Feur Lochain
Glac na Criche
Gruinart Flats
Laggan Peninsula
Rinns of Islay
Rinns of Islay
South-East Islay Skerries
The Oa

Agricultural Land Uses

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

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269
300 to 329

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

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.