Land Use Data for Latitude 57.25 Longitude -1.75Area 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 pastoralismEcosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattleSheep
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239Soil Types
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)Podzols
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
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.
