Land Use Data for Latitude 44.75 Longitude -1.25

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

Locations

Bassin d'Arcachon : Banc d'Arguin
Bassin d'Arcachon : Embouchure de la Leyre
Bassin d'Arcachon : Prés salés d'Arès
Bassin d'Arcachon et Banc d'Arguin

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Fruits
Grapes
Maize

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Podzols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

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.