Land Use Data for Latitude 59.75 Longitude -1.25

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

Locations

Map

Lochs of Spiggie and Brow
Mousa
Mousa

Ecosystems

Boreal drylands
Temperate humid

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Histosols (Peat and muck soils)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km²)

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.