Land Use Data for Latitude 57.75 Longitude -3.75

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

Locations

Cawdor Wood
Culbin Bar
Lower Findhorn Woods
Moray Firth

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

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.