Land Use Data for Latitude 54.25 Longitude -1.25

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

Locations

Strensall Common

Agricultural Land Uses

Urban land

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products

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)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Luvisols
Urban, mining

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km2)

above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Billingham Phosphoric Acid Plant (Processing Plant)Phosphorus-Phosphates
Redcar (Processing Plant)Iron

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.