Land Use Data for Latitude 56.25 Longitude -2.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Barry Links Cameron Reservoir Eden Estuary, Tentsmuir Point and Abertay Sands Firth of Forth Firth of Forth Islands Firth of Tay & Eden Estuary Isle of May |
Agricultural Land Uses
Grasslands - Extensive pastoralismGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Boreal drylandsTemperate humid
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
210 to 239
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)
Podzols
Unknown
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
Population Density (persons per km2)
00 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250
Infant 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.
