Land Use Data for Latitude 44.75 Longitude 3.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Gorges de la Truyère |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherCropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidTemperate drylands
Livestock
BuffaloesCattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Maize
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
150 to 179180 to 209
210 to 239
Soil Types
Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Podzoluvisols
Podzols
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
above 45
Population Density (persons per km2)
0 to 22 to 10
10 to 50
50 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.
