Land Use Data for Latitude 50.25 Longitude 3.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Les "Cinq Tailles" Vallée de la Scarpe et de l'Escaut Vallées de la Scarpe et de l'Escaut |
Agricultural Land Uses
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestockUrban land
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
CattlePigs
Poultry
Crops
BarleyCereals and cereal products
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar Beets
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
180 to 209210 to 239
Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Luvisols
Podzoluvisols
Podzols
Urban, mining
Terrain
Plain or plateauSlopes (degrees)
0.5 to 22 to 5
Population Density (persons per km2)
10 to 5050 to 250
above 250
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)
2 to 5Mineral Extraction
| Site Name (Type) | Minerals |
|---|---|
| Auby-Les-Douai Zn (Processing Plant) | Zinc, Cadmium, Lead, Refiner, Silver, Refinery, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid |
| Novelles-Godault (Processing Plant) | Silver |
| Noyelles-Godault (Processing Plant) | Lead, Refiner, Zinc, Refiner, Cadmium, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Antimony, Arsenic, Copper, Silver, Refinery |
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.
