Land Use Data for Latitude 57.25 Longitude -4.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Ness Woods
North Inverness Lochs
River Moriston

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Agricultural 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.