Land Use Data for Latitude 54.75 Longitude -2.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Helbeck and Swindale Woods Moor House – Upper Teesdale Moor House-Upper Teesdale Biosphere Reserve North Pennine Moors North Pennine Moors Tyne and Allen River Gravels Tyne and Nent |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherGrasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Boreal drylandsTemperate humid
Livestock
CattleSheep
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209Soil Types
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Podzols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
010 to 50
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
5 to 10Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Blackdene Mill & Mine (Underground) | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead |
| Northern Pennine Fluorspar Ore Field | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite, Quartz |
| Stanhopeburn (Underground) | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead |
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.
