Land Use Data for Latitude 38.25 Longitude -0.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Clot de Galvany El Fondo d'Elx-Crevillent El Hondo wetland Llacunes de la Mata i Torrevieja. Mata and Torrevieja lagoons Riu Montnegre Salinas de Santa Pola. Santa Pola salt-pans Serres del Sud d'Alacant |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - PlantationsGrasslands - Extensive pastoralism
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Urban land
Ecosystems
Temperate humidTemperate drylands
Mediterranean humid
Mediterranean drylands
Livestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BananasBarley
Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Fruits
Grapes
Oil tree crops (forestry plantations only)
Oil-bearing crops
Olives
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
210 to 239
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 plateauMountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Slopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Agricultural 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.
