Land Use Data for Latitude 54.75 Longitude -3.25

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

Locations

Borrowdale Woodland Complex
Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve
Clints Quarry
Lake District High Fells
River Derwent and Bassenthwaite Lake
Solway Firth
South Solway Mosses
Upper Solway Flats and Marshes

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Open Water - Inland Fisheries

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Podzols

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)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Caldbeck AreaVanadium
Carrock MineTungsten
Force Crag (Underground)Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc

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.