Land Use Data for Latitude 50.75 Longitude 3.75

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

Locations

Bois d'Enghien et de Silly (Enghien; Silly)
Bord nord du bassin de la Haine (Beloeil; Bernissart; Saint-Ghislain)
Bossen van de Vlaamse Ardennen en andere Zuidvlaamse bossen.
Marais de la Verne (Péruwelz)
Pays des Collines (Celles; Mont-de-l'Enclus)
Vallée de la Rhosnes (Flobecq)
Vallées de la Dendre et de la Marcq (Ath; Ellezelles; Flobecq; Frasnes-lez-Anvaing; Lessines)

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

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
Urban, mining

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0 to 0.5
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

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.