Land Use Data for Latitude 50.75 Longitude 3.25

Area 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 higher
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Urban land
Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid

Livestock

Buffaloes
Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Maize
Potatoes
Roots tubers
Sugar Beets
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

210 to 239

Soil Types

Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Podzoluvisols
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral 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.