Land Use Data for Latitude 54.25 Longitude -5.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
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Agricultural Land Uses
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePoultry
Sheep
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
240 to 269270 to 299
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)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 50Infant 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.
