Land Use Data for Latitude 37.75 Longitude -0.75

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

Locations

El Valle, Altaona and Escalona mountains
Fausilla mountains
MAR MENOR
Mar Menor coastal lagoon
Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar
Sierra Escalona y Dehesa de Campoamor

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Grasslands - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Mixture crops- moderate livestock and large scale irrigation
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Urban land

Ecosystems

Mediterranean drylands

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Fruits
Grapes
Oil-bearing crops
Olives

Growing Period (days)

90 to 119
120 to 149
150 to 179

Soil Types

Calcisols (Substantial accumulation of secondary lime)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Gypsisols (Soils with substantial accumulation of secondary calcium sulphate)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

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

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Cartagena (Processing Plant)Lead, Silver
Cartagena MinesLead, Zinc, Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver
Cartagenazn (Processing Plant)Zinc, Refiner
Celdran MineLead, Zinc, Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite
Coto Ponce MineLead, Zinc
Penarroya (Surface-Underground)Lead, Silver, Zinc
Santa-Lucia Smelting Works (Processing Plant)Lead

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.