Land Use Data for Latitude 53.75 Longitude -4.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)EcosystemsTemperate humidLivestockPigsPoultry Growing Period (days)210 to 239240 to 269 300 to 329 Soil TypesArenosols (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 TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)2 to 55 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)10 to 5050 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. |