Land Use Data for Latitude 58.25 Longitude -3.75

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

Locations

Map

Berriedale and Langwell Waters
River Thurso

Agricultural Land Uses

Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

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

Population Density (persons per km²)

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.