Land Use Data for Latitude 44.25 Longitude 2.25Area 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 higherCropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Sheep
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Maize
Oil-bearing crops
Sunflower Seed
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239240 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 plateauSlopes (degrees)
2 to 55 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
2 to 1010 to 50
50 to 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.
