Land Use Data for Latitude 55.75 Longitude -5.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Arran Moors Tarbert Woods |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Boreal drylandsTemperate humid
Livestock
CattleSheep
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
240 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)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
050 to 250
above 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.
