Land Use Data for Latitude 57.25 Longitude -1.75

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

Locations

Buchan Ness to Collieston
Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast
Sands of Forvie
Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie and Meikle Loch

Agricultural Land Uses

Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

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.