Land Use Data for Latitude 56.75 Longitude -3.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Atholl/Glen Tilt Beinn a`Ghlo Forest of Clunie Shingle Islands Tulach Hill and Glen Fender Meadows |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
PolarBoreal drylands
Temperate humid
Temperate drylands
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Sheep
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
120 to 149150 to 179
180 to 209
Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Podzols
Terrain
Plain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
010 to 50
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.
