Land Use Data for Latitude 44.25 Longitude 2.25

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

Locations

Gorges de la Dourbie et causses avoisinants
Gorges du Tarn et de la Jonte

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Sheep

Crops

Barley
Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Sunflower Seed
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239
240 to 269

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Luvisols
Podzols
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

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.