Land Use Data for Latitude 53.75 Longitude -4.25

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

Locations

Celtic broadleaf forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269
300 to 329

Soil Types

Arenosols (Sandy)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

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.