Land Use Data for Latitude 54.25 Longitude -5.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Dundrum Inner Bay Killough Bay South Down Coast Strangford Lough Strangford Lough and islands |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralismUrban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 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)
Urban, mining
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)
50 to 250above 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.
