Land Use Data for Latitude 58.75 Longitude -3.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Caithness Lochs Hoy Hoy Loch of Stenness Loch of Wester Pentland Firth Islands Scapa Flow South Walls and Switha |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralismSparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattleSheep
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239Soil Types
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)Podzols
Unknown
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 50Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 10Agricultural 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.
