Land Use Data for Latitude 56.25 Longitude -3.25

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

Locations

Firth of tay
Loch Leven
Pitkeathly Mires
Turflundie Wood

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - 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

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands
Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Cambisols (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

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Burntisland Non-Met Gr (Processing Plant)Aluminum

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.