Land Use Data for Latitude 57.25 Longitude -6.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Cuillins Rigg – Bile Rum Sligachan Peatlands |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralismSparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattleSheep
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
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 plateauSlopes (degrees)
5 to 88 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
0Infant 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.
