Land Use Data for Latitude 57.75 Longitude -4.25

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

Locations

Conon Islands
Dam Wood
Dornoch Firth and Morrich More
Ledmore Wood
Loch Achnacloich
Monadh Mor
Moray Basin, Firths and Bays
Mound Alderwoods
Pitmaduthy Moss

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Unknown

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0

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.