Land Use Data for Latitude 43.75 Longitude 3.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Etangs Montpellierains
Etangs palavasiens et étang de l'Estagnol
GORGES DE LA VIS ET CIRQUE DE NAVACELLES
Gorges de la Vis et cirque de Navacelles
GORGES DE RIEUTORD, FAGE ET CAGNASSE
Gorges du Rieutord-Fage-Cagnasses
HAUTES GARRIGUES DU MONTPELLIERAIS
Hautes garrigues du Montpellierais
PLAINE DE FABREGUES-POUSSAN

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Agriculture - Large scale Irrigation (>25% pixel size)
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Sheep

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Fruit tree (forestry plantations only)
Fruits
Grapes
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209
210 to 239
240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)
Podzols

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50
50 to 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Malines Zn - Pb MinesLead, Zinc, Silver

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.