Land Use Data for Latitude 57.25 Longitude -4.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Ness Woods North Inverness Lochs River Moriston |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries
Ecosystems
Boreal drylandsTemperate humid
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Sheep
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
210 to 239
Soil Types
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Podzols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 25 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
above 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.
