Land Use Data for Latitude 54.75 Longitude -1.75

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

Locations

Thrislington

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

180 to 209
210 to 239

Soil 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)
Luvisols
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Broadwood Mill & Mines (Underground)Fluorine-Fluorite
Groverake (Underground)Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
Redburn Mine (Underground)Fluorine-Fluorite
Rookhope (Underground)Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver
Whiteheaps (Underground)Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite

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.