Land Use Data for Latitude 56.25 Longitude -3.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesGrasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsPolarBoreal drylands Temperate humid Temperate drylands LivestockBuffaloesCattle Pigs Poultry Sheep CropsBarleyCereals and cereal products Wheat Growing Period (days)150 to 179180 to 209 Soil TypesCambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits) Histosols (Peat and muck soils) Leptosols (Shallow soils) Podzols TerrainPlain or plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5% Slopes (degrees)0.5 to 22 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 Population Density (persons per km2)02 to 10 10 to 50 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)5 to 10Mineral Extraction
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. |