Land Use Data for Latitude 55.25 Longitude -4.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Airds Moss and Muirkirk Uplands Galloway Forest Park Merrick Kells |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralismGrasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Sheep
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsGrowing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
240 to 269
Soil Types
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)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Podzols
Urban, mining
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
50 to 250
above 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.
