Land Use Data for Latitude 55.25 Longitude -5.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Ailsa Craig |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattleSheep
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 to 269
270 to 299
Soil Types
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
050 to 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.
