Land Use Data for Latitude 51.75 Longitude -4.25

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

Locations

Afon Tywi/ River Tywi
Bae Caerfyrddin/Carmarthen Bay
Burry Inlet
Caeau Mynydd Mawr
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd
Carmarthen Bay Dunes/ Twyni Bae Caerfyrddin
Cernydd Carmel
Gower Ash Woods/ Coedydd Ynn Gwyr
Gower Commons/ Tiroedd Comin Gwyr

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50
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.