Land Use Data for Latitude 50.75 Longitude 3.25Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations |
| Vallée de l'Escaut en aval de Tournai (Celles; Estaimpuis; Pecq) |
Agricultural Land Uses
Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherRainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism
Ecosystems
Temperate humidLivestock
BuffaloesCattle
Pigs
Poultry
Crops
Cereals and cereal productsMaize
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar Beets
Wheat
Growing Period (days)
210 to 239Soil Types
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)Podzoluvisols
Podzols
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 |
|---|---|
| Wattrelos Phosphoric Acid Plant (Processing Plant) | Phosphorus-Phosphates |
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.
